2023 No. 4
Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc.

The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 44(4) and 54(1)(b) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 19651, and all other powers enabling her to do so.
In accordance with section 54(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 19652, the Scottish Ministers have approved the making of these Regulations.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1 February 2023.

Amendment of the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 19972.

(1)

The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 19973 are amended as follows.

(2)

For the form in schedule 25 (Register of Corrections Etc.), substitute the form in the schedule of these Regulations.

ANNE SLATER
Registrar General for Scotland

New Register House,

Edinburgh

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

ANGUS ROBERTSON
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House

Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(2)

Form

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (“the 1997 Regulations”) to make minor changes to the form set out in schedule 25. Regulation 28 of the 1997 Regulations provides that the Register of Corrections Etc. comprises insertions in the form set out in schedule 25.

The Regulations apply from 1 February 2023.