The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Amendment of regulation 13 of the principal Regulations

8.—(1) Regulation 13(1) of the principal Regulations (declaration and registration under section 9 of the Act) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) In relation to a live-birth, the officer prescribed for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Act is a registrar who is not the relevant registrar.”.

(3) For paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) If—

(a) not more than twelve months have elapsed from the date of the birth, the registrar shall enter the date on which the entry is made in space 15 of form 1 and shall sign the entry in space 16 of that form, adding his official description;

(b) more than twelve months have elapsed since the date of the birth, the registrar shall, on being satisfied that the Registrar General has given written authority in accordance with section 7 of the Act—

(i) enter the date on which the entry is made and the words “On the authority of the Registrar General” in space 15 of form 1; and

(ii) sign the entry in space 16 of that form, adding his official description.”.

(1)

Regulation 13(1) was amended by S.I. 1997/844 and regulation 13(5) was amended by S.I. 2006/2827.