Part X Miscellaneous and general

Chapter VI General

Documents and evidence

564 Certificates of birth and registrars’ returns.

1

Where the age of any person is required to be proved for the purposes of this Act or of any enactment relating to the employment of children or young persons, the registrar having the custody of the register of birth and deaths containing the entry relating to the birth of that person shall—

a

on being presented by any person (“the applicant”) with a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as may be determined by regulations, and

F3b

The fee payable is the relevant fee in the fourth column of the Schedule to this Order.

supply the applicant with a copy of the entry certified under his hand.

2

A registrar shall, on being requested so to do, supply free of charge a form of requisition for the purposes of subsection (1).

3

A registrar shall supply to a F1local authority such particulars of the entries contained in any register of births and deaths in his custody, and in such form, as (subject to regulations) the authority may from time to time require F2for the purpose of the exercise of their education functions.

4

In this section—

  • “register of births and deaths” means a register of births and deaths kept under the M1Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, and

  • “registrar” includes a registrar of births and deaths and a superintendent registrar.