2.—(1) Amend section 13 of the 1953 Act (registration of name of child or of alteration of name) as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), omit “and, after starting” to the end of the subsection.
(3) After subsection (1), insert—
“(1A) The registrar or superintendent registrar having custody of the register in question shall also—
(a)state upon the certificate mentioned in subsection (1) of this section the fact that the entry so mentioned has been made;
(b)forthwith send the certificate to the Registrar General; and
(c)either—
(i)send with the certificate a certified copy of the entry of the birth with the name added under this section, or
(ii)provide the Registrar General, within seven days beginning with the day on which the entry under this section is made, with the information contained in that entry in an electronic form approved by the Registrar General.”.