The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 2185 (S.219)

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992

Made

10th September 1992

Coming into force

1st October 1992

The Registrar General for Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 21(1) and 54(1)(b) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the approval of the Secretary of State, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st October 1992.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965; and

“the principal Regulations” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1965(2).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3.  In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, for the definition of “still-born child”, there shall be substituted the following definition:—

• ““still-born child” shall have the same meaning as in section 56(1) of the Act(3) and “still-birth” shall be construed accordingly.”.

Brian Valentine Philp

Deputy Registrar General for Scotland

New Register House,

Edinburgh

9th September 1992

I approve

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

10th September 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1965 (“the principal Regulations”). The Regulations substitute an amended definition of “still-born child” and “still-birth” in the principal Regulations. The amendments are consequential upon the change in the definition of still-birth in the Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992 (c. 29).

(1)

1965 c. 49.

(2)

1965/1838; amended by S.I. 1984/267.

(3)

Section 56(1) of the Act was amended by the Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992 c. 29, section 1(2).