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Introductory Text
PART I PRELIMINARY
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
3.Revocation
PART II
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO ENTRIES IN REGISTERS
4.Manner of registration
5.Additional particulars concerning a birth or a still-birth
6.Making of entries on the authority of the Registrar General
7.Form of registers
8.Cancellation of entry space
9.Notation of original entries following re-registration
PART III
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS
10.Particulars as at date of birth
11.Particulars to be registered
12.Manner in which required particulars are to be given
13.Further provision in relation to the manner in which required particulars are to be given by unmarried parents
14.Registration of birth requiring declaration and statutory declaration
PART IV REGISTRATION OF STILL-BIRTHS
Registration of still-births without reference to the Coroner
15.Certificate of evidence of a still-birth
16.Particulars to be registered concerning a still- birth
Registration of still-births following reference to the Coroner
17.Reference to Coroner
18.Coroner’s certificate or notification
19.Registration of still-birth where inquest is not held
20.Registration of still-birth after inquest
PART V DISPOSAL OF BODIES OF STILL-BORN CHILDREN
21.Certificate for disposal of body
22.Notice of disposal of body without registrar’s certificate or coroner’s order or notification
PART VI REGISTRATION OF DEATHS
Registration of deaths where inquest not held
23.Certificate of cause of death
24.Particulars to be registered concerning a death
25.Manner in which required particulars concerning a death are to be given
26.Date of registration
27.Registration of death after inquest
PART VII
Disposal of body
28.Certificate for disposal of body
29.Notice of disposal of body without registrar’s certificate or coroner’s order or notification
PART VIII RE-REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, STILL-BIRTHS AND DEATHS
30.Manner of re-registration
31.Re-registration after declaration of parentage
PART IX CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN ENTRIES
32.Manner of correcting errors other than errors of fact or substance
33.Errors of fact or substance
PART X CHANGE OF NAME OR SURNAME
34.Form of application for change of name or surname
PART XI SHORT BIRTH CERTIFICATES
35.Short birth certificates
36.Manner of compiling short birth certificates
PART XII SHORT DEATH CERTIFICATES
37.Short death certificates
38.Manner of compiling short death certificates
PART XIII ACCESS TO INFORMATION
39.Access to information contained in registers
40.Access in General Register Office
41.Remote access
42.Release of information to third parties
43.Relevant Period
PART XIV RECORD OF NORTHERN IRELAND CONNECTIONS
44.Form of application for a relevant event to be registered in the Record of Northern Ireland Connections
PART XV NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATIONS OR CHANGES OF NAME OR SURNAME
45.Form of application in respect of a birth or death registration
46.Form of application in respect of a marriage registration
47.Form of application in respect of a civil partnership registration
48.Form of application in respect of a change of name or surname
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS CONCERNING BIRTHS AND STILL-BIRTHS
Explanatory Note