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- s. 1(2)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 1(2)(a) by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 2(2) (This S.I. is amended by S.I. 2014/560, Sch. 1 para. 34 and S.I. 2019/1458, reg. 19(2)(a))
- s. 1(4) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 2(4) (This S.I. is amended by S.I. 2019/1458, reg. 19(2)(b))
- s. 2A-2E inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 4 (This S.I. is amended by S.I. 2019/1458, reg. 19(4))
- s. 9(3A) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 10(2) (This S.I. is amended by S.I. 2019/1458, reg. 19(5))
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- s. 10(1C) s. 10(2)(b) words substituted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 11(5)
- s. 10(1C) s. 10(2A)(b) words substituted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 11(5)
- s. 10B 10C inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 13 (This S.I. is amended by S.I. 2019/1458, reg. 19(7))
- s. 16(2)(ba) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 8(2)(c)
- s. 16(4) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 8(5)
- s. 17(2)(aa) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 9(2)(b)
- s. 17(4) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 9(4)
- s. 18(1) s. 18 renumbered as s. 18(1) by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 10(5)
- s. 18(2) amendment to earlier affecting provision 2009 c. 25, Sch. 21 para. 10(5) by 2022 c. 35 s. 39(6)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. The insertion of s. 18(2) by 2009 c. 25, Sch. 21 para. 10(5) remains prospective.)
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- s. 23(4) inserted by 2022 c. 35 s. 44
- s. 33A inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 19
- s. 33A(1) words substituted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 15 para. 27(a)
- s. 33A(3) omitted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 15 para. 27(b)
- s. 36(aa) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 15
30 Searches of indexes kept by Registrar General.E+W
(1)The Registrar General shall cause indexes of all certified copies of entries in registers sent to him under this Act or under any enactment repealed by this Act to be made and kept in the General Register Office.
[F1(1A)The Registrar General shall cause an index to be made and kept in the General Register Office of the entries in the register kept by him under section 3A of this Act.]
(2)Any person shall be entitled to search the said indexes at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose, and to have a certified copy of any entry in the said certified copies F2...
(3)The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to certified copies of entries in registers of still–births, but the Registrar General may, if he sees fit in any particular case F3..., cause a search to be made for, and allow any person to have a certified copy of, any entry in any such certified copies or in any filled register of still–births which has been forwarded to him.
[F4(4)A reference in this section to a certified copy of an entry sent to the Registrar General includes a reference to information contained in such an entry provided to him in an electronic form approved by him: and a reference to an entry in any such certified copy shall be construed accordingly.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 30(1A) inserted by Children Act 1975 (c. 72), Sch. 3 para. 13(4)
F2Words in s. 30(2) omitted (12.7.2016) by virtue of Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 23(a); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)
F3Words in s. 30(3) omitted (12.7.2016) by virtue of Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 23(b); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)
F4S. 30(4) inserted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2809), arts. 1(1), 6
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 30(1)(2) extended with modifications by S.I. 1982/1526, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pts. I, II
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