27 Quarterly returns by superintendent registrar to Registrar General.E+W
[F1(1)] Every superintendent registrar shall four times in every year, on such days as may be appointed by the Registrar General, [F2either—
(a)send to the Registrar General all certified copies of entries in registers of live-births, still-births or deaths which he has received during the three months immediately preceding the days so appointed respectively, or
(b)provide the Registrar General with the information contained in those entries in an electronic form approved by the Registrar General;
and if the necessary copies have not been duly delivered to him, or the necessary information has not been duly provided to him,] the superintendent registrar shall procure, as far as is possible consistently with the provisions of this Act, that the deficiency is remedied.
[F3(2)If the Registrar General receives any copies under subsection (1)(a) of this section, he may store the information contained in those copies in the electronic form approved by him for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 27(1): s. 27 renumbered as s. 27(1) (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2809), arts. 1(1), 4(2)
F2Words in s. 27(1) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2809), arts. 1(1), 4(3)
F3S. 27(2) inserted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2809), arts. 1(1), 4(4)