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Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957
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2Records of deaths and births on board Her Majesty's ships and service aircraft
(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the keeping of records—
(a)of deaths and births occurring in any part of the world on board ships belonging to Her Majesty, and
(b)of deaths and births occurring in any part of the world on aircraft belonging to Her Majesty, or any other aircraft not registered in the United Kingdom but for the time being employed for the purposes of Her Majesty's forces, and
(c)of the death outside the United Kingdom of any person who, being a traveller on such an aircraft, is killed on the journey in consequence of an accident.
(2)An Order in Council under this section may provide—
(a)for the transmission of certified copies of any such records to the Registrar General for England and Wales, and
(b)for the transmission by the said Registrar General in such cases as may be specified in the Order of extracts from such certified copies to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland or the Registrar General for Northern Ireland.
(3)After the commencement of this Act no further entry shall be made under subsection (1) of section thirty-seven of the [37 & 38 Vict. c. 88.] Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874 (which provides for the registration of deaths and births on board Her Majesty's ships), and an Order in Council under this section may provide for the transmission of certified copies of entries made under that subsection to any of the said Registrars General.
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