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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.
Made
28th November 1995
Coming into force
1st January 1996
The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 13(1), 19(2), 22(1), 32(1), 40(2), 54(1)(b) and 56 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:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.
2. In these Regulations, “the principal regulations” means the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1965(2).
3. For the form set out in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations(3), there shall be substituted the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
4. For the form set out in Schedule 2 to the principal regulations(4), there shall be substituted the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
5. For the form set out in Schedule 5 to the principal regulations(5), there shall be substituted the form set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
6. For the form set out in Schedule 10 to the principal regulations(6), there shall be substituted the form set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.
7. For the form set out in Schedule 16 to the principal regulations(7), there shall be substituted the form set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations.
8. For the form set out in Schedule 17 to the principal regulations(8), there shall be substituted the form set out in Schedule 6 to these Regulations.
9.—(1) Regulations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of and Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 to the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1971(9) are hereby revoked.
(2) Regulation 4 of and Schedule 1 to the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994(10) is hereby revoked.
James Meldrum
Registrar General for Scotland
New Register House,
Edinburgh
23rd November 1995
Approved by the Secretary of State
James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th November 1995
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Regulation 5
Regulation 6
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Regulation 8
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1965 (“the principal regulations”) by substituting six revised forms for the corresponding forms prescribed by the principal regulations. The revised forms make provision for female occupations to be inserted on the forms where appropriate. Other changes are minor and include changes to the style and layout of the forms.
1965 c. 49; section 32(1) was amended by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), Schedule 2, paragraph 8. In section 40(2), the references to “the Adopted Children Register maintained under section 22(1) of the Adoption Act 1958” and to “adoption” are to be read, in relation to parental orders and applications for such orders, in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2804); section 56 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
Schedule 1 was substituted by regulation 3 of and Schedule 1 to S.I. 1971/1158.
Schedule 2 was substituted by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to S.I. 1971/1158.
Schedule 5 was substituted by regulation 5 of and Schedule 3 to S.I. 1971/1158.
Schedule 10 was substituted by regulation 6 of and Schedule 4 to S.I. 1971/1158.
The form set out in Schedule 16 was substituted by regulation 4 of and Schedule 1 to S.I. 1994/3151.
Schedule 17 was substituted by regulation 8 of and Schedule 6 to S.I. 1971/1158.
S.I. 1971/1158; to which there are amendments not relevant for the purposes of these Regulations.
S.I. 1994/3151.
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