The Civil Registration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

PART XN.I.CHANGE OF NAME OR SURNAME

Form of application for change of name or surnameN.I.

34.—(1) The form of an application for the purposes of Article 37(3) of the 1976 Order (alteration of the name or surname of a person under eighteen years of age) shall be Form 17.

(2) The form of an application for the purposes of Article 37(4) of the 1976 Order (alteration of the name or surname of a person over eighteen years of age) shall be Form 18.

(3) Where an entry is amended in pursuance of an application under Article 37(3) or (4) of the 1976 Order there shall be made a notation in the margin of the entry in such form and manner as the Registrar General may direct, followed by the name and official description of the person making the notation and the date on which the notation is made.

(4) Any notation to an entry made under paragraph (3) shall for all purposes be deemed to be part of the entry.

(5) Where a certificate is issued under these Regulations, and compiled from information in an entry which has been amended, the certificate —

(a)shall be compiled from the information contained in the entry as amended; and

(b)shall not refer to the notation made under paragraph (3) unless so directed by the Registrar General.