Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

SCHEDULES

Section 43.

FIRST SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments of other Enactments

A. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 88)

1 At the end of paragraph (6) of section thirty-seven there shall be inserted the following proviso:—

“Provided that no return of still-births shall be required to be made under this paragraph to the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in England”.

B. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 48)

2 In subsection (1) of section one, for the reference to a certificate of the registrar given in pursuance of that Act there shall be substituted a reference to a certificate of the registrar given under subsection (2) or (3) of section eleven or under section twenty-four of this Act.

3 In section five, for the reference to a certificate given by the registrar under the provisions of that Act relating to still-births, there shall be substituted a reference to a certificate given by the registrar under subsection (2) or (3) of section eleven of this Act.

C. The Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 60)

4 For paragraph 6 of the Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“6 Any parent who fails to give information as required by this Schedule shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding forty shillings and any sum paid to the Secretary of State in pursuance of section twenty-seven of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1949, in respect of a fine recovered under this paragraph shall be deemed to be Exchequer moneys within the meaning of that section and shall be paid by the Secretary of State into the Exchequer.”

Section 43.

SECOND SCHEDULE Repeals

Session and Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836.	In section fourteen the words from " and the register " to " box " where next occurring; sections seventeen, eighteen, and thirty-two; section thirty-four from the beginning to " supplied " and from " and the certified" onwards; in section thirty-five the words from " and every" to " marriages "; sections thirty-seven, thirty-eight, forty-six, forty-seven and forty-nine; and schedules A, B and D.
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 22.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1837.	Sections eight, twenty-six, twenty-eight and thirty.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 88.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874.	Sections one to five, seven to sixteen, twenty, twenty-three and thirty; in section thirty-two, the first and third paragraphs; sections thirty-five and thirty-six; in section thirty-seven, the words from the beginning to " effect," paragraph (1) from " and shall " onwards, paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5), and in paragraph (b) the words " under the provisions of this section"; sections thirty-eight to forty-four; in section forty-five the words from the beginning to " Act and " and the words from " where" onwards; sections forty-seven to forty-nine; section fifty-two; and the First, Second and Third Schedules.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 48.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.	Section two; subsection (2) of section three; sections six and seven; subsection (3) of section thirteen from the words " and the " onwards; and the First Schedule.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 59.	The Coroners (Amendment) Act, 1926.	Subsection (2) of section twenty-one.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 60.	The Legitimacy Act, 1926	Paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of the Schedule.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17.	The Local Government Act, 1929.	Section twenty-six.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 12.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1947.	The whole Act.

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short Title	Session and Chapter
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874	37 & 38 Vict. c. 88.
Burial Laws Amendment Act, 1880	43 & 44 Vict. c. 41.
Interpretation Act, 1889	52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
Adoption of Children Act, 1926	16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 29.
Births and Deaths Registration Act. 1926	16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 48.
Coroners (Amendment) Act, 1926	16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 59.
Legitimacy Act. 1926	16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 60.
Local Government Act, 1929	19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17.
Adoption of Children (Scotland Act, 1930	20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 37.
Population (Statistics) Act, 1938	1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 12.
Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act, 1945	8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 27.
Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 33.
Justices of the Peace Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c 101.
Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950	14 Geo. 6. c. 25.
Adoption Act, 1950	14 Geo. 6. c. 26.