Registration Service Act 1953

SCHEDULES

Section 23.

FIRST SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments in other Enactments

A. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86)

1 In section thirty-five—

(a) for the words " one shilling " there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence ";

(b) for the word " sixpence " where first occurring there shall be substituted the word " ninepence "; and

(c) for the words " two shillings and sixpence " there shall be substituted the words " three shillings and ninepence ".

B. The Non-parochial Registers Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 92)

2 In section five, for the words " between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon of every day, except Sundays and Christmas Day and Good Friday " there shall be substituted the words " at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose ".

C. The Marriage and Registration Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 119)

3 In section twenty-four—

(a) for the words " one shilling " there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence ";

(b) for the word " sixpence " where first occurring there shall be substituted the word " ninepence "; and

(c) for the words " two shillings and sixpence " there shall be substituted the words " three shillings and ninepence ".

D. The Marriage Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76)

4 In subsection (6) of section twenty-seven, for the words " one shilling" there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence ".

5 In subsection (1) of section twenty-nine for the words " five shillings " there shall be substituted the words " seven shillings and sixpence ".

6 In subsection (6) of section thirty-one for the words " one shilling" there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence ".

7 In subsection (5) of section thirty-two—

(a) for the words " one shilling " there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence "; and

(b) for the words " one pound ten shillings " there shall be substituted the words " two pounds five shillings ".

8 In subsection (6) of section forty-one for the words " three pounds" there shall be substituted the words " four pounds ten shillings ".

9 In subsection (4) of section forty-two, for the words "three pounds" there shall be substituted the words " four pounds ten shillings ".

10 In section fifty-one—

(a) for the words " ten shillings " there shall be substituted the words " fifteen shillings "; and

(b) for the words " five shillings " there shall be substituted the words " seven shillings and sixpence ".

11 In subsection (4) of section fifty-seven for the word " sixpence " there shall be substituted the word " ninepence ".

12 In subsection (2) of section fifty-eight, the words " so that they may be most readily seen and examined " shall be omitted.

13 In subsection (1) of section sixty-three—

(a) for the words " one shilling " in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence ";

(b) for the word " sixpence " where first occurring there shall be substituted the word " ninepence "; and

(c) for the words "two shillings and sixpence" there shall be substituted the words " three shillings and ninepence ".

14 In subsection (2) of section sixty-four—

(a) for the words " at all reasonable hours " there shall be substituted the words " at any time when the register office is required to be open for the transaction of public business ";

(b) for the words " five shillings " there shall be substituted the words " seven shillings and sixpence ";

(c) for the words " one shilling " there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence "; and

(d) for the words "two shillings and sixpence" there shall be substituted the words " three shillings and ninepence ".

15 In subsection (2) of section sixty-five—

(a) for the words " between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon of every day, except Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday " there shall be substituted the words " at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose ";

(b) for the words " twenty shillings " there shall be substituted the words " thirty shillings ";

(c) for the words " one shilling " there shall be substituted the words " one shilling and sixpence "; and

(d) for the words " two shillings and sixpence" there shall be substituted the words " three shillings and ninepence ",

Section 23.

SECOND SCHEDULE Repeals

Session and Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 85.	The Marriage Act, 1836	The whole Act.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836.	Sections two, three, five to nine, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-nine, thirty-four and thirty-nine.
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 22.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1837.	Sections nine to twelve, fourteen, fifteen, eighteen, twenty and twenty-two.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 92.	The Non-parochial Registers Act, 1840.	Section three from the beginning to the word " and ".
15 & 16 Vict. c. 25.	The General Register Office Act. 1852.	The whole Act.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 94.	The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Act, 1854.	In Schedule B, the words " salaries and contingencies of the General Register Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages, England—6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86 ".
19 & 20 Vict. c. 119.	The Marriage and Registration Act, 1856.	Sections fifteen and sixteen.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 88.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874.	Sections twenty-one, twenty-four to twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-two and thirty-three.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17.	The Local Government Act, 1929.	Sections twenty-one to twenty-five, twenty-seven and twenty-eight; in section one hundred and thirty-one, in proviso (b) to subsection (2), the words from " or a scheme" to " Minister " where next occurring; in the Tenth Schedule, paragraphs 6 and 7 and sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 24.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 12.	The Population (Statistics) Act, 1938.	In section three, subsection (1) so far as it relates to England and Wales; and subsection (2).
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 26.	The Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1946.	In the Second Schedule, the entry relating to the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76.	The Marriage Act, 1949	Subsection (6) of section fifty-seven; subsection (2) of section fifty-eight from " so " onwards; in section fifty-nine the words from " in accordance with section " onwards; subsection (4) of section sixty-five; and in paragraph (a) of section seventy-four the words " superintendent registrars, registrars and ".
14 Geo. 6. c. 26.	The Adoption Act, 1950	Subsection (5) of section seventeen .
1 & 2 Eliz 2. c. 20.	The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1953.	Subsection (3) of section forty-three.

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short Title	Session and Chapter
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836	6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86.
Non-parochial Registers Act, 1840	3 & 4 Vict. c. 92.
Marriage and Registration Act, 1856	19 & 20 Vict. c. 119.
Interpretation Act, 1889	52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
Local Government Act, 1929	19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17.
Population (Statistics) Act, 1938	1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 12.
Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 33.
Marriage Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76.
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1953	1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 20.