Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

42 Information relating to births and deaths etc

(1) The Registrar General for England and Wales may, for the purpose of the exercise by the Board of any function, disclose to the Board any information to which this section applies.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) any information entered in any register kept under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20);

(b) any other information received by the Registrar General in relation to any birth or death;

(c) any information entered in the Adopted Children Register maintained by the Registrar General under section 77 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38);

(d) any information entered in any marriage register book kept under Part 4 of the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76);

(e) any information relating to a civil partnership which is recorded under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) at the time of the formation of the civil partnership.

(3) In subsection (2)(b) “birth” has the same meaning as in the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

(4) The Board may, for the purpose of assisting the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers in the performance of his or their functions in relation to the health service, disclose to him or them any information referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (c) which is received by the Board under this section.

(5) Any information disclosed under subsection (4) may be disclosed in such form as the Board considers appropriate for the purpose specified in that subsection.

(6) In subsection (4) “health service” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41).