PART VGENERAL
F1Access to information relating to births and deaths34A
1
Regulations may make provision for any person to have access on payment of the prescribed fee to any information contained in the registers.
2
Regulations under paragraph (1) may provide that the relevant period must have expired in relation to the information.
3
In paragraph (2) “ the relevant period ” means—
a
in relation to information relating to a birth, the period of 100 years from the date of the birth or such other period as may be prescribed;
b
in relation to information relating to a death, the period of 50 years from the date of the death or such other period as may be prescribed.
4
Regulations under paragraph (1) may provide for the Registrar General—
a
to make arrangements with any person for the purpose of providing access to information as mentioned in that paragraph; and
b
for that purpose to transfer information to that person subject to conditions (including conditions as to the making of payments by that person to the Registrar General).
5
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any register of still-births.
6
This Article is without prejudice to Article 38.