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Introductory Text
PART I PRELIMINARY
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO REGISTRATION
3.Preparation of draft particulars
4.Absence of particulars
5.Signature by mark or in foreign characters
6.Registration in more than one place
PART III REGISTRATION OF LIVE-BIRTHS
7.Particulars to be registered and form of register
8.Declaration by mother for registration of birth
9.Entry of particulars on registration within three months from date of birth
10.Completion of registration
11.Registration between three and twelve months from date of birth
12.Registration after twelve months from date of birth
13.Declaration and registration under section 9 of the Act
14.Alteration or giving of name after registration
PART IV RE-REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER
15.Officers before whom statements may be made
16.Declaration by mother for re-registration of birth
17.Re-registration of birth
18.Noting of previous entry
PART V RE-REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS OF LEGITIMATED PERSONS
19.Attendance and particulars on re-registration
20.Re-registration where parent attends
21.Making of declaration where parent does not attend
22.Re-registration in pursuance of declaration
23.Re-registration where particulars not verified by parent
24.Noting of previous entry
25.Certified copies of re-registered entries
26.Re-registration where person born at sea
PART VI BIRTH ENTRIES OF ADOPTED CHILDREN
27.Marking of birth entry of adopted child
28.Reproduction of marking in certified copy
PART VII REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS OF ABANDONED CHILDREN
29.Particulars to be registered
30.Noting of previous entry
PART VIII REGISTRATION OF STILL-BIRTHS
31.Particulars to be registered and form of register
32.Certificate and declaration in connection with registration
33.Reference to coroner
34.Registration where no reference to coroner
35.Registration on coroner’s notification where no inquest is held
36.Registration on coroner’s certificate after inquest
37.Noting of previous entry after coroner’s certificate after inquest
PART IX DISPOSAL OF BODIES OF STILL-BORN CHILDREN
38.Certificates for disposal
PART X REGISTRATION OF DEATHS
39.Particulars to be registered
40.Certificate of cause of death
41.Reference to coroner
42.Registration within twelve months from date of death where no report to coroner
43.Registration where inquest is not held
44.Noting of existing entry on coroner’s notification of cause of death
45.Registration after inquest
46.Noting of previous entry on registration after inquest
47.Registration after twelve months
PART XI DISPOSAL OF BODIES OF DECEASED PERSONS
48.Interpretation of Part XI
49.Certificates and declaration for disposal
50.Notification of disposal
51.Enquiry in default of notification of disposal
52.Certificate that death is not required to be registered
PART XII CORRECTION OF ERRORS
53.Time when entry is complete
54.Correction of entry before completion
55.Correction of minor clerical errors after completion
56.Correction of other minor clerical errors after completion
57.Correction of other clerical errors after completion
58.Correction of errors of fact or substance
59.Correction of error on coroner’s certificate
60.Correction of clerical errors in entries made before 1st April 1969
61.Copy of corrected or annotated entry to be sent to Registrar General
PART XIII BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES
62.Certificate of registration of birth
63.Application for short certificate of birth
64.Form of short certificate of birth
65.Compilation of short certificate of birth
66.Short certificate of birth in respect of certain children admitted to the Foundling Hospital
67.Applications for certificate of birth or death for certain purposes
68.Certificates of death for certain purposes
PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS
69.Information under the Population (Statistics) Act 1938
70.Forms to be sent to the Registrar General
71.Quarterly returns
72.Offences and proceedings
73.Revocations and transitional provisions
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE 2
PRESCRIBED FORMS
SCHEDULE 3
REVOCATIONS
Explanatory Note