Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874

Fees to Registrars and Superintendent Registrars

For registering a birth or death when required to do so at residence of person signing requisition, or at house where child born or person died (not being a public institution), to registrar one shilling, to be paid by the informant.

Upon the registration of a birth when the child is more than three months old, if it is not more than twelve months old, to superintendent registrar two shillings and sixpence, and to the registrar (unless the delay is occasioned by his failure to issue a requisition, or otherwise by his default) two shillings and sixpence, and if it is more than twelve months old, and is registered with the authority of the Registrar General, to superintendent registrar five shillings, and to registrar (unless the delay is occasioned by his failure to issue a requisition or otherwise by his default) five shillings, to be paid by the informant or declarant.

Upon the registration of a death with the authority of the Registrar General after the expiration of twelve months, to the superintendent registrar five shillings, and to the registrar (unless the delay is occasioned by his failure to issue a requisition or otherwise by his default) five shillings, to be paid by the informant or declarant.

For taking, attesting, and transmitting a declaration made by an informant respecting a birth in another sub-district, to the registrar attesting the declaration two shillings, to be paid by the informant.

For entering the baptismal or other name of child upon certificate produced after registry of birth, to superintendent registrar or registrar one shilling, to be paid by the person procuring the name to be

Correction of error of fact in register, to superintendent registrar or registrar two shillings and sixpence, to be paid by the person requiring the error to be

For every search, to the superintendent registrar, to be paid by the applicant for the search, if it is a general search, five shillings, if it is a particular search, one shilling.

For a certified copy of any entry given by the superintendent registrar, two shillings and sixpence to the superintendent registrar, to be paid by the applicant.