Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006

Valid from 01/10/2006

40 Registration of still-births S

(1) Section 21 of the 1965 Act (registration of still-births) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “registrar” there is substituted “ district registrar for a registration district ”; and

(b) in paragraph (a)—

(i) for “deliver” there is substituted “ produce ”; and

(ii) for “signed”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “ attested in the prescribed manner ”.

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) the words from “give” to the end become paragraph (a); and

(b) after that paragraph there is inserted “; or

(b) deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a district registrar for a registration district nominated by that person”.

(4) In subsection (4)—

(a) for “registrar” there is substituted “ district registrar for a registration district ”; and

(b) after “registered” there is inserted “ or, if the person so requests, deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a keeper or other person having charge of a place of interment nominated by that person ”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 40 wholly in force at 1.1.2007; s. 40 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 63(2); s. 40 in force for specified purposes at 1.10.2006 and s. 40 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.1.2007 by S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)