(1)Where the age of any person is required to be ascertained or proved for the purposes of this Act or of any enactment relating to the employment of children or young persons, the registrar of births, deaths and marriages having the custody of the register of births containing the entry relating to the birth of that person shall, upon being presented by any person with a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as may be prescribed and upon payment of a fee of [F1£9.00], supply that person with a copy of the entry certified under his hand.
(2)Every registrar shall, upon being requested so to do, supply free of charge a form of requisition for the purposes of this section.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 84(1): fee of £9.00 payable (in place of amount previously prescribed) amended (1.4.2009) by Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/65), arts. 1(1), 2, sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 84(1) modified (1.1.2011) by The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/428), arts. 1(1), 2, sch.