9 Giving of information to a person other than the registrar.E+W
(1)Any person required by or under this Act to give information to the registrar concerning a birth F1. . . may give that information by making and signing in the presence of and delivering to such officer as may be prescribed a declaration in writing of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth.
(2)The officer in whose presence such a declaration is made shall send the declaration to the registrar who shall in the prescribed manner enter the birth in the register.
(3)An entry made under the last foregoing subsection shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been signed by the person who signed the declaration, and a person making a declaration under this section shall be deemed to have given information concerning the birth to the registrar and to have complied with any requirement of the registrar made under this Act to attend and give that information.
[F2(4)A request made under section 10 of this Act may be included in a declaration under subsection (1) of this section, and, if the request is made under paragraph [F3(b), (c) or (d)] of that section, [F4or under paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1B) of that section,] the documents required by that paragraph to be produced shall be produced to the officer in whose presence the declaration is made and sent by him with the declaration to the registrar.
[F5(4A)A request made under section 10ZA of this Act may be included in a declaration under subsection (1) of this section and the documents required by that section to be produced shall be produced to the officer in whose presence the declaration is made and sent by him with the declaration to the registrar.]
(5)A request made under section 10A of this Act instead of being made to the registrar may be made by making and signing in the presence of and delivering to a prescribed officer a statement in the prescribed form and producing to the officer any documents required to be produced by that section, and—
(a)the officer shall send the request together with those documents, if any, to the registrar who shall with the authority of the Registrar General re–register the birth as if the request had been made to him; and
(b)the person or persons who sign the statement shall be deemed to have signed the register as required by subsection (2) of that section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 9(1) repealed (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/2395, art. 2(2)
F2S. 9(4)(5) added by Children Act 1975 (c. 72), s. 93(3)
F3Words substituted by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42, SIF 49:7), s. 33(1), Sch. 2 para. 15
F4Words in s. 9(4) inserted (6.4.2009 for specified purposes, 1.9.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 6 para. 4; S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(1)(e)(2) (with art. 7, Sch.)
F5S. 9(4A) inserted (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 4(2), Sch. para. 1; S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2