39 Regulations [F1and approval of electronic forms etc.]E+W
[F2(1)] The Registrar General may, with the approval of the Minister, by statutory instrument make regulations—
(a)prescribing anything which by this Act is required to be prescribed;
(b)providing that any provision of this Act specified in the regulations, being a provision relating to the registration or entry of births, shall cease to apply in relation to still–births or, in the case of a provision expressed by this Act not to apply in relation to still–births, shall apply in relation to still–births with such modifications, if any, as may be prescribed:
Provided that paragraph (b) of this section shall not apply in relation to section nine or eleven of this Act.
[F3(2)The Registrar General may approve forms of electronic communication or electronic storage (including an electronic signature) for the purposes of a provision of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 39 heading inserted (1.12.2021) by The Births and Deaths Registration (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1231), arts. 1(2), 3(10)(a)
F2S. 39 renumbered as s. 39(1) (1.12.2021) by The Births and Deaths Registration (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1231), arts. 1(2), 3(10)(b)
F3S. 39(2) inserted (1.12.2021) by The Births and Deaths Registration (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1231), arts. 1(2), 3(10)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 39: functions of the Secretary of State transferred (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/273, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(b)
C2S. 39: transfer of functions (3.4.2008) by The Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 6(b) (with art. 4)