The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 567

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

Made

19th December 2007

Coming into force

14th January 2008

The Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 39B(1)(b) and (2)(a) and 54(1)(b) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965(1) and all other powers enabling him to do so.

The Scottish Ministers(2) have approved the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 54(1) of that Act.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 and come into force on 14th January 2008.

Notification of deaths to third parties

2.  In the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997(3)—

(a) after regulation 17 insert—

“17A.   The application prescribed for the purposes of section 39B(1)(4) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 15A.

17B.   The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 39B(2) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 15B.”; and

(b) after Schedule 15 insert Schedules 15A and 15B set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations.

DUNCAN MACNIVEN

Registrar General for Scotland

New Register House,

Edinburgh

19th December 2007

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

JIM MATHER

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th December 2007

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 17A

“SCHEDULE 15A APPLICATION FORM — DISCLOSURE OF DEATH INFORMATION SCHEME

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Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 17B

“SCHEDULE 15B FORM OF NOTICE — DISCLOSURE OF DEATH INFORMATION SCHEME

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe an application form for a third party to apply for notification of death and the form of notice that will be used by the Registrar General under the disclosure of death information scheme, as provided for in section 39B of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.

(1)

1965 c. 49 (“the 1965 Act”). Section 1 of the 1965 Act contains a definition of “Registrar General” and section 56 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

(2)

The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1965 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(3)

S.I. 1997/2348; to which there are amendments not relevant to this instrument.

(4)

Regulation 39B was added by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14).