Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965
Part I General Organisation of Registration Service
Central Organisation
1 The Registrar General.
2 Registrar General’s staff.
3 General Register Office.
4 Salaries, receipts and expenses.
Local Organisation
5Registration districts and local registration authorities
6 Alteration of registration districts.
7 Senior and district registrars and other staff.
8 Registration offices.
9 Area repositories.
10 Delivery up of books etc. on ceasing to hold office.
11 General provision as to fees.
12 Fees to be accounted for.
Part II Registration of Births
13 Particulars of births to be registered.
14Duty to give information of particulars of birth.
14ADirections about giving information of particulars of birth
15 Duty to give information concerning finding of infant children.
16 Registrar’s power to require information concerning birth to be given.
16AProvision of birth particulars to Registrar General
16BRegistration of births
17 Registration after expiration of three months from date of birth or finding.
18Births of children born out of wedlock.
18ZARegistration of father or second female parent by virtue of certain provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
18A Decrees of parentage and non-parentage.
18BBirths of children where second female parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
19 Free abbreviated certificate of birth.
20 Re-registration in certain cases.
21 Still-births.
21AMeaning of birth registration form
Part IIIRegistration of Deaths
22Particulars of deaths to be registered.
23Duty to give information of particulars of death.
23ADirections about giving information of particulars of death
24Certificate of cause of death.
24ADuty to refer certain certificates of cause of death for review
24BRequest for review not to stay registration
25Registrar’s power to require information concerning death to be given.
25AProvision of death particulars to Registrar General
25BRegistration of deaths
26Registration after expiration of three months from date of death or finding of body.
27Free certificate of registration of death.
27AOffence of disposal of body without authorisation
28Intimation of certain deaths by registrar to Procurator-Fiscal and vice-versa.
28ZAMeaning of death registration form
Part IIIA
28ARegistration of divorces and declarators of nullity of marriage.
28B Intimation of death to Community Charges Registration Officer.
Part IV
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Part V General
Registers
32 Provision of registers etc. by Registrar General.
33 Duplicate and copy registers.
34Examination and transmission of registers
35 Reproduction of registers.
36 Replacement of lost registers etc.
Searches and Extracts, etc.
37Issuing of extracts of entries in current registers
38 Search of indexes kept by Registrar General.
39ANotice of registration events to third parties
39BApplication by third party for notification of death
39CProvision of information to district registrars
39DSearching of indexes and issuing of extracts by district registrars
39EAbbreviated extracts
41Form and authentication of registration information
41AAdmissibility of registration information as evidence
Corrections and Changes of Name or Surname
42 Correction of errors in registers.
43 Recording of baptismal name or change of name or surname.
44 Register of Corrections Etc.
Parochial Registers
45 Correction of entries in parochial registers.
46 Parochial registers to be transmitted to Registrar General.
47 Search of parochial registers etc., and provision of extracts therefrom.
Miscellaneous
48 Decrees of court altering status.
49 Signing by mark by persons unable to write.
50 Events occurring in institutions.
51 Returns to be made by registrar.
52 Sending of documents by post.
53 Offences.
54Regulations.
54AForm, and manner of attestation, of documents
55 Expenses.
56 Interpretation.
57 Savings etc.
58 Consequential amendments and repeals.
59 Short title, extent and commence-ment.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Consequential Amendments of other Enactments
General Modification
1Any reference in any other enactment to a registrar in...
The Marriage Notice (Scotland) Act 1878
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The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939
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The Family Allowances Act 1945
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The National Insurance Act 1946
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The Adoption Act 1958
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The Adoption Act 1964
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SCHEDULE 2
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Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965

1965 c.49

An Act to make new provision as respects the registration of births, deaths and marriages in Scotland, and as respects the recording of changes of name or surname there, and for purposes connected therewith.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act wholly in force at 1.1.1966, see s. 59(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Act: power to extend Act conferred by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 41(4)(5)

C3

Act extended (with modifications) by S.I. 1982/1526, art. 4(1)

C5

Act applied (28.9.2009) by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), ss. 54(1), 121(2); S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2)

C4

Act applied (28.9.2009) by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), ss. 53(3), 121(2); S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2)