6After section 9 there shall be inserted the following section—
(1)Any register book to which this section for the time being applies shall be closed and no further entries shall be made therein.
(2)This section applies to any register book wherein the earliest entry has (at any time, whether at the coming into force of this section or subsequently) been in existence for one hundred and fifty years or more, other than a register book of marriages wherein the earliest entry was made on or after 1st July 1837.”.