The Registration of Overseas Births and Deaths Regulations 2014

Births which may be registered

5.—(1) The following births, having occurred in a country mentioned in Schedule 3 to the 1981 Act or a foreign country, may, when reported in writing by an informant having knowledge of the event to the registration officer, be registered in accordance with these Regulations if it appears to the registration office to relate to—

(a) the birth of a child, born on or after 1 January 1983, who was at birth a British citizen under the provisions of section 2 of the 1981 Act;

(b) the birth of a child, born on or after 1 January 1983, who was at birth a British overseas territories citizen under the provisions of the 1981 Act or the British Overseas Territories Act 2002(1).

(2) A registration officer shall not register a birth unless satisfied as to the—

(a) identity of the child whose birth is to be registered;

(b) facts, by the production of a locally issued certificate of birth or, where certificates of birth are not issued, sufficient other documentary evidence as to the facts; and

(c) claim to citizenship of the person whose birth is to be registered.

(3) The registration officer may at any time on the authority of the Secretary of State re-register the birth of a child born illegitimate before 1 July 2006 whose birth has previously been registered under paragraph (1) if the registration officer is satisfied by the evidence produced that the child has been legitimised by the subsequent marriage or civil partnership of the child’s parents and that the appropriate fees have been paid.

(1)

2002 c. 8.