The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 2275

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES ETC.

ENGLAND AND WALES

The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Made

11th October 1991

Coming into force

14th October 1991

The Registrar General, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1(1), 9(2) and (5), 10(1), 10A(1), 39 and 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953(1) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval(2) of the Secretary of State for Health(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1953 c. 20. See section 41 (amended by virtue of S.I. 1968/1699, articles 2 and 5(4)(a)) for the definitions “the Minister” and “prescribed”. Section 1(1) was amended by paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 3 to the Children Act 1975 (c. 72). Section 9(5) was amended by section 93(3) of the Children Act 1975. Sections 10 and 10A were substituted by sections 24 and 25 respectively of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42) and were further amended by section 108(4) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) (see S.I. 1991/828).

(2)

The approval of the Secretary of State is required by virtue of section 39 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

(3)

Article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order (see S.I. 1968/1699) transferred all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State for Social Services and article 2(1) of the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (see S.I. 1988/1843) transferred certain of those functions, including those in relation to registration of births and deaths to the Secretary of State for Health.