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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc.
Made
23rd February 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
25th February 2022
Coming into force
1st May 2022
1977 c. 15 (“the 1977 Act”); section 3(1) was relevantly amended by section 50(2)(a) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“the 2006 Act”); section 26(1), read in conjunction with section 1 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49) contains a definition of “Registrar General” relevant to the statutory powers under which these regulations are made; section 26(2) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the statutory powers under which these regulations are made.
2004 c. 33; section 88(2) was amended by section 52(2)(b) of the 2006 Act; section 126(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” and section 135 contains a definition of “Registrar General” relevant to the statutory powers under which these regulations are made.
The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1977 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
Section 126 was amended by section 24(20) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5).