The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

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9.—(1) Where the relevant registrar receives from any qualified informant F2... information of the particulars required by Regulation 7(1) he shall F3... register the birth and the particulars, if not previously registered, F4... on form 1, entering the particulars required in spaces 1 to 13 in accordance, where applicable, with the following provisions of this Regulation.

(2) With respect to space 1 (date and place of birth), if more than one living child is born at the confinement the registrar shall after the date of birth enter the time of birth.

(3) With respect to space 2 (name and surname)–

(a)if a name is not given, the registrar shall enter only the surname, preceded by a horizontal line;

(b)the surname to be entered shall be the surname by which at the date of the registration of the birth it is intended that the child shall be known.

[F5(4) With respect to space 4 (father’s, or other parent’s, name and surname) —

(a)If, other than in a case to which sub-paragraph (b) applies, the father or other parent acquired after the child’s birth a name or surname different from their name at the date of the birth, the registrar shall enter in space 4 the name and surname as at the date of birth followed by the name and surname as at the date of registration preceded by the word ‘now’; or if the father or other parent has died between the birth and the date of registration and changed their name between the birth and their subsequent death, their name and surname at birth is provided followed by the word “afterwards” and then their name at the date of their death is inserted into space 4;

(b)In the case of a request made under paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of section 10(1) or paragraph (d), (e), (f) of section 10(1B) and upon production of a declaration in Form 6A, the registrar shall enter in space 4 of Form 1, the name and surname of the father or putative father or other parent or putative other parent as appropriate and as recorded in the parental responsibility agreement mentioned in section 10(1)(d)(i) or 10(1B)(d)(i) or the orders mentioned in section 10(1)(e)(i), (f)(i), (g)(i),or section 10(1B) (e)(i) or (f)(i).

(c)In the case of a request under section 10ZA of the Act (Registration of father or second female parent by virtue of certain provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008) the registrar shall enter in space 4, as the father or other parent of the child, the name and surname as at the date of death, of the man who is the father or the woman who is the other parent.]

[F6(4A) Form 6A shall be the prescribed form of the declaration for the purposes of paragraphs (d) to (g) of section 10(1) [F7, and paragraphs (d) to (f) of section 10(1B)] of the Act.]

[F8(5) With respect to spaces 5 and 6 (father or other parent’s place of birth and occupation)—

(a)In a case to which section 10(1) or 10(1B) of the Act applies, the registrar shall not complete spaces 5 and 6 unless the name and surname of the father, or other parent, of the child have been entered in space 4 pursuant to either of those sections;

(b)If either the father or the other parent was deceased at the date of the birth the registrar shall enter in space 6 the word ‘deceased’;

(c)If the father or other parent has changed their occupation since the birth of the child, the registrar shall in space 6, after the occupation as at the date of the birth, enter the occupation as at the date of registration, preceded by the word ‘now’.]

(6) With respect to space 7 (mother’s name and surname)–

(a)if after the birth of the child the mother acquired a name or surname different from that borne by her at the date of the birth, the registrar shall enter the name and surname as at the date of the birth, followed by the name and surname as at the date of registration preceded by the word “now” or, if the mother is deceased, the name and surname as at her death preceded by the word “afterwards”;

F9(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F10(6A) With respect to space 8b (mother’s occupation) if the mother has changed her occupation since the birth of the child, the registrar shall in space 8b after the occupation as at the date of the birth enter the occupation as at the date of registration preceded by the word “now”.]

[F11(7) With respect to space 9(b) (mother’s surname at marriage or civil partnership if different from maiden surname) the surname to be entered shall be—

F12(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)the name in which she contracted her marriage with, or in which she entered into a civil partnership with, the [F13father or] other parent of the child [F14(and where the marriage results from the conversion of a civil partnership under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section, the name to be entered is that used for the conversion, if different)].]

[F15(8) For space 13 (informant’s usual address) —

(a)the address required is the address at registration of the birth;

(b)if under sections 10(1)(a) or 10(1B)(a) of the Act an entry of the father or other parent has been made, the registrar shall enter the father’s or other parent’s address followed by the mother’s address if different;

(c)except as provided by sub-paragraph (b), the registrar shall not enter the address of the informant if that address is the same as the mother’s usual address.]

(9) After completing spaces 1 to 13 of the entry the registrar shall call upon the informant to verify the particulars entered.

(10) If any error has been made in those particulars, [F16the registrar, in the presence of the informant, shall, where the entry is being completed in manuscript, make the correction in accordance with regulation 54].

Textual Amendments

F1Reg. 9 heading substituted (28.5.2012) by The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1203), regs. 1(1), 5(2)

F2Words in reg. 9(1) omitted (28.5.2012) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1203), regs. 1(1), 5(3)

F3Words in reg. 9(1) omitted (20.12.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1436), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)

F4Words in reg. 9(1) omitted (9.6.2020) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/577), regs. 1, 2

F5Reg. 9(4) substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 7(2)

F6Reg. 9(4A) inserted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

F7Words in reg. 9(4A) inserted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 7(3)

F8Reg. 9(5) substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 7(4)

F9Reg. 9(6)(b) omitted (1.4.1995) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1948), regs. 1(1), 3(a)

F10Reg. 9(6A) inserted (1.4.1995) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1948), regs. 1(1), 3(b)

F11Reg. 9(7) substituted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/107), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(2)