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12.—(1) Subject to Article 13, where, after the expiration of forty-two days from the date of birth, the birth of a child has not been duly registered under Article 10 or 11 because of the failure of a qualified informant to give the necessary information concerning it, the registrar for the district in which the child was born or, where no information as to the place of birth is available, the registrar for the district in which the child was found exposed may serve a notice in writing upon any qualified informant requiring him—
F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)to give [F2in the prescribed manner within such time as may be specified in the notice] to the best of the informant's knowledge and belief the information required under Article 10(4); F3...
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and the informant shall, unless the birth is duly registered before the expiration of the time specified in the notice, comply with the notice.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the date of birth of an infant child found exposed shall be taken to be either—
(a)the date on which the child is found; or
(b)if a registered medical practitioner gives a certificate in which he specifies a date as the approximate date on which the child was born, the date so specified.
F1Art. 12(1)(a) repealed (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 3(3)(a), 34, Sch. 2; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words in art. 12(1)(b) inserted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 3(2), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F3Art. 12(1)(c) and preceding word repealed (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 3(3)(b), 34, Sch. 2; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
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