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The registrar general shall cause lists to be made of all the registers and records which may be placed in his custody by virtue of this Act; and every person shall be entitled, on payment of the fees herein-after mentioned, to search the said lists, and any register or record therein mentioned, [F1at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose], but subject to such regulations as may be made from time to time by the registrar general, with the approbation of [F2the Secretary of State], and to have a certified extract of any entry in the said registers or records; and for every search in any such register or record shall be paid the sum of [F35p], and for every such certified extract the sum of [F312½p], and no more.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Sch. 1 para. 2
F2Words in s. 5 substituted (3.4.2008) by Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with art. 4)
F3Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 5 extended by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1858 (c. 25), s. 3
C2S. 5: functions of the Secretary of State transferred (1.4.1996) to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by S.I. 1996/273, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 1
C3S. 5 transfer of functions (3.4.2008) by Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1 (with art. 4)
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