Population (Statistics) Act 1938

[F1 SCHEDULE E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. substituted by Population (Statistics) Act 1960 (c. 32), s. 1(2), Sch.

Particulars which may be required E+W+S

1 E+W+S On registration of a birth (including a still-birth)

[F2 (a) in all cases—

(i) the age of the mother;

(ii) the number of previous children of the mother, and how many of them were born alive or were still-born;]

(b) where the name of any person is to be entered in the register of births as father of the child, [F3 or as a parent of the child by virtue of section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008,] the age of that person;

[F4 [F5 (c) where the birth is of a child whose father and mother were married to, or civil partners of, each other at the time of the child’s birth (or a child to whom section 1(3) of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 applies by reason of a marriage or civil partnership between the child’s parents)—

(i) the date of the marriage or formation of the civil partnership, and

(ii) whether before she married, or formed the civil partnership with, the child’s other parent, the mother had been married to, or had formed a civil partnership with, any other person;]

[F6 (c) the number of previous children born to the mother and how many of them were—

(i) born alive; and

(ii) still-born;

(d) where the parents are married to, or in a civil partnership with, each other—

(i) the date of their marriage or formation of civil partnership; and

(ii) whether the mother had been married or in a civil partnership before that  date.]

(e) where the birth does not fall within paragraph (c) [F7 or (d)], whether at any time before the birth the mother had been married or had formed a civil partnership.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. para. 1(a) substituted (28.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(3), Sch. 6 para. 20(a); S.I. 2012/1256, art. 2(2)(b)

F3 Words in Sch. para. 1(b) inserted (6.4.2009 for specified purposes, 1.9.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a); S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(1)(e)(2) (with art. 7, Sch.)

F4 Sch. para. 1(c)-(e) substituted for Sch. para. 1(c) (28.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(3), Sch. 6 para. 20(b); S.I. 2012/1256, art. 2(2)(b)

F5 Sch. para. 1(c) substituted for Sch. para. 1(c)(d) (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(a)

F6 Sch. para. 1(c)(d) substituted for Sch. para. 1(c) (S.) (1.1.2013) by The Population (Statistics) Act 1938 Modifications (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I 2012/287), art. 2 (with art. 1)

F7 Words in Sch. para. 1(e) omitted (E.W.) (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1(b)

2 E+W+S On registration of death

(a) whether the deceased was single, married, widowed [F8 , divorced, a civil partner or former civil partner, and, if a former civil partner, whether the civil partnership ended on death or dissolution;]

(b) the age of the surviving spouse[F9 or civil partner], if any, of the deceased.]

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. para. 2(a) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 para. 9(a); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)

F9 Words in Sch. para. 2(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 para. 9(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)