Part V General
Parochial Registers
47 Search of parochial registers etc., and provision of extracts therefrom.
On payment to him of such fee or fees as may be prescribed, the Registrar General shall, at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose—
(a)
cause a search to be made of the aforesaid parochial registers or any copies or indexes thereof on behalf of any person or permit that person to search the registers, copies or indexes himself, and
(b)
issue to any person an extract of any entry in the said registers or copies which that person may require.