(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997.
They update the following forms prescribed in the schedules of those Regulations—
the form in schedule 18 (Form 21- application for recording of forename(s) or change of forename(s) of child under 12 months of age),
the form in schedule 19 (Form 23- application for recording of change of forename(s) or surname(s) of child under 16 years of age), and
the form in schedule 20 (Form 24- application for recording of change of forename(s) or surname(s) of person over 16 years of age).
The Regulations apply from 1 November 2024.