(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the district registrar for a registration district shall register the particulars of a birth where, in accordance with this Part of this Act, the registrar has an attested birth registration form concerning the birth.
(2)The registrar is not to register a birth in respect of which [F2information was given in a manner permitted by a direction under] section 14(1A)(b) [F3or (c)] of this Act until the registrar is satisfied that the prescribed particulars of the birth have been—
(a)provided to the Registrar General under section 16A of this Act; or
(b)provided to the relevant district registrar under section 50 of this Act.
(3)For the purposes of this Part of this Act, particulars of a birth are registered by entering the birth registration form concerning the birth in the relevant register kept by the district registrar performing the registration.
(4) In subsection (3) above, the “ relevant register ” means the register of births or, as the case may be, still-births. ]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 16A, 16B inserted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 24.9.2022 for specified purposes) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 39(6), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 2, sch. 1 (with art. 4); S.S.I. 2022/266, art. 2(b)
F2Words in s. 16B(2) substituted (24.9.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 25(5)(a), 59(2)(b)
F3Words in s. 16B(2) inserted (24.9.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 25(5)(b), 59(2)(b)