Part V

General

Searches and Extracts, etc.

Provision of information to district registrars
39C
1
The Registrar General shall make arrangements for the district registrar for each registration district to have access to—
a
a copy of such of the entries in—
i
the registers of births, deaths and marriages transmitted to the Registrar General under
section 34(4)
of this Act, or any enactment repealed by this Act, by any district registrar,
ii
the Register of Divorces, and
iii
the parochial registers in the custody of the Registrar General,
as the Registrar General may determine,
b
an alphabetical index of those entries, and
c
a copy of any entry in the Register of Corrections Etc. which relates to an entry referred to in that index.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1) above—
a
a copy may be made by such means as the Registrar General shall determine, and
b
different arrangements and determinations may be made in respect of different registration districts.
Ss. 39A-39E substituted for ss. 39, 40 (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 for further specified purposes) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 44(5), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)
S. 39C applied by 2004 c. 33, s. 98(1) (as substituted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 52(6), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4))
Words in s. 39C(1)(a)(i) substituted (21.5.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 32, 36; S.S.I. 2014/121, art. 2(g)