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124Provisions relating to age, death and marriageU.K.

(1)Regulations made by the Registrar General under section 20 of the Registration Service Act 1953 or section 54 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 may provide for the furnishing by superintendent registrars and registrars, subject to the payment of such fee as may be prescribed by the regulations, of such information for the purposes—

(a)of the provisions of the Contributions and Benefits Act to which this section applies;

[F1(aa)of the provisions of Parts I and II of the Jobseekers Act 1995;]

[F2(ab)of the provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002;]

[F3(ac)of the provisions of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;] F4...

[F5(ad)of the provisions of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;]

[F6(ae)of the provisions of Part 4 of that Act;]

(b)of the provisions of this Act so far as they have effect in relation to matters arising under those provisions,

including copies of extracts from the registers in their custody, as may be so prescribed.

(2)This section applies to the following provisions of the Contributions and Benefits Act—

(a)Parts I to VI except section 108;

(b)Part VII, so far as it relates to income support F7... ;

(c)Part VIII, so far as it relates to any social fund payment such as is mentioned in section 138(1)(a) or (2);

(d)Part IX;

(e)Part XI; and

(f)Part XII.

(3)Where the age, marriage or death of a person is required to be ascertained or proved for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) above, any person—

(a)on presenting to the custodian of the register under the enactments relating to the registration of births, marriages and deaths in which particulars of the birth, marriage or death (as the case may be) of the first-mentioned person are entered, a duly completed requisition in writing in that behalf; and

(b)on payment of a fee of [F8£4.00] in England and Wales and [F9£10.00] in Scotland,

shall be entitled to obtain a copy, certified under the hand of the custodian, of the entry of those particulars.

(4)Requisitions for the purposes of subsection (3) above shall be in such form and contain such particulars as may from time to time be specified by the Registrar General, and suitable forms of requisition shall, on request, be supplied without charge by superintendent registrars and registrars.

(5)In the section—

(a)as it applies to England and Wales—

  • Registrar General” means the Registrar General for England and Wales; and

  • superintendent registrar” and “registrar” mean a superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, registrar for the purposes of the enactments relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages; and

(b)as it applies to Scotland—

  • Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland;

  • registrar” means a district registrar, senior registrar or assistant registrar for the purposes of the enactments relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages.

Textual Amendments

F2S. 124(1)(ab) inserted (2.7.2002 for specified purposes, 6.10.2003 in so far as not already in force) by State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 13; S.I. 2002/1691, art. 2(l); S.I. 2003/1766, art. 2(a)

F6S. 124(1)(ae) inserted (8.4.2013 for specified purposes, 10.6.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 9 para. 15; S.I. 2013/358, art. 7(1)(2)(k), Sch. 3; S.I. 2013/1250, art. 2

F7Words in s. 124(2)(b) repealed (8.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 6; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(4)(e), Sch. 2 (with art. 3)

F8Sum in s. 124(3) amended (along with other sums in specified circumstances) by The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/441), Sch. (as last amended (1.9.2014) by S.I. 2014/1790, arts. 1, 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Ss. 124-124B modified by Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), s. 167(5) (as substituted (5.12.2006) by S.I. 2005/3129, Sch. 1 para. 5)

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