(1)Applications for certificates of births and deaths for the purposes of this Act shall, in the case of births and deaths registered in England and Wales or in Scotland, be made in the form and under regulations approved by the Registrar General or, as the case may be, the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland.
(2)A certificate, for the purposes of this Act, of the birth or death of any member of, or any person insured or to be insured with, a registered friendly society or branch shall on an application made as mentioned in subsection (1) above be given under his hand by the registrar of births or deaths for a sum not exceeding [F1£1.50][F1£4.00], in place of all fees or payments otherwise payable in respect thereof.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above, the expression “registrar of births or deaths” includes any person having the care of the register of births or deaths in which the birth or death is entered.
Textual Amendments
F1 “£1.50” substituted (E.W.)and “4.00” substituted (S.) for “£1” by virtue of S.I. 1990/2515, art. 2, Sch. and S.I. 1990/2637, art. 2, Sch. respectively