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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2012 No. 408
Civil Registration
The Civil Registration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made
19th November 2012
Coming into operation-
17th December 2012
The Department of Finance and Personnel makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 10(1), 10(4), 11(1), 12(1), 14(3), 14ZA(3), 15(3), 15(6), 15(7), 15(9), 16(1), 16(2), 18(2), 19(2), 19A(2), 21(1), 21(5), 23(1), 25(2), 29(1), 29(2), 30(1), 31(2), 32, 34A(1), 35(2), 35(3), 36(3), 37(3), 37(4), 37(4B), 39, 40, 40A and 40B(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 M1, Article 50(4) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 M2, Article 35(5) and 35A(2) of the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 M3, section 155A(2) and 159 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 M4, paragraph 3A(1) of Schedule 1 to the Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 M5 and section 31(2) of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 M6.
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C1Regulations modified (temp.) (26.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(2), Sch. 13 para. 21(4) (with ss. 88-90, Sch. 13 para. 30); S.I. 2020/361, reg. 2(a)
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M1S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14) Relevant amendments were effected by sections 1 to 4, 8 to 10 and 17 of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 20. Article 14ZA was inserted by section 56 of, and paragraph 61 of Schedule 6 to, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 c.22. Article 19A was inserted by Article 185(1) of, and paragraph 87 of Schedule 9 to, the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2). Articles 34A, 37(4B), 40A and 40B were inserted by sections 14, 16, 11 and 19 of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 respectively.
M2S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22) Article 50 was amended by section 25(3) of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
M3S.I. 2003/413 (N.I. 3) Article 35(5) was amended by section 23(1), and Article 35A was inserted by section 24(1), of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
M42004 (c. 33) Section 155 was amended by section 23(2), and section 155A was inserted by section 24(2), of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
M52009 (c. 6) Paragraph 3A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 28(2) of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
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