The Registration of Births, Still-Births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

Scottish Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 104

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

The Registration of Births, Still-Births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

Made

21st September 1999

Coming into force

1st January 2000

The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 13(1), 18(1), 21(2), 32(1), 54(1)(b) and 56 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and with the approval of the Scottish Ministers under section 54 of that Act(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1965, c. 49; section 18 was amended by paragraphs 8(2) and (3) of Schedule 1 to the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9); section 32(1) was amended by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), Schedule 2, paragraph 8; section 56 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

(2)

The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).