26. Where under Section 14 of the Act the Registrar General authorises the re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person, a parent of the legitimated person shall, if required by the Registrar General, attend personally within such time as the Registrar General may specify at the office of the registrar of births and deaths for the sub-district in which the birth occurred.
27. The provisions of regulation 17 shall apply to this Part of these regulations except that the surname to be recorded in respect of the mother of a child shall be her surname immediately after her marriage to the father.
28.—(1) The registrar of the sub-district in which such a birth occurred shall read or show to the parent the particulars entered in the Registrar General's authority, and if it appears that there is any error or omission therein shall correct it in such manner as the Registrar General may direct.
(2) The registrar shall in the presence of the parent copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the authority into the corresponding spaces of the entry so, however, that where any particular has been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (1) he shall enter only the particular as corrected, omitting any incorrect particular which has been struck out.
(3) The registrar shall enter in the register the qualification of the informant as “father” or “mother”, as the case may be, and call upon the parent to verify the particulars as entered and to sign the entry.
(4) The registrar shall enter the date on which the entry is made and add the words “On the authority of the Registrar General”.
(5) When the registrar has signed the entry in space 16 he shall add his official description.
29.—(1) A parent who is in England or Wales may with the consent of the Registrar General verify the particulars required to be registered on the re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person by making and signing before a registrar other than the registrar for the sub-district in which the birth occurred a declaration of the particulars, on a form provided for the purpose by the Registrar General; and any such declaration shall be attested by the registrar before whom it was made and sent by him to the registrar for the sub-district in which the birth occurred.
(2) A parent who is not in England or Wales may with the consent of the Registrar General verify the particulars required to be registered as aforesaid by making and signing before an authority specified in paragraph (3), (4) or (5), as the case may be, and sending to the Registrar General, a declaration of the particulars on a form provided for the purpose by the Registrar General.
(3) In the case of a parent who is in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or any other country of the Commonwealth or in the Irish Republic, the authorities before whom a declaration may be made are a notary public and any other person lawfully authorised to administer oaths in that country or place.
(4) In the case of a parent who is not in England or Wales or in any country or place mentioned in paragraph (3), the authorities before whom a declaration may be made are one of Her Majesty's consular officers, a notary public and any other person lawfully authorised to administer oaths in that country or place; but a declaration made before an authority other than one of Her Majesty's consular officers shall be authenticated by such an officer, if the Registrar General so requires.
(5) In the case of a parent who is a member of Her Majesty's Forces and who is not in the United Kingdom, the authorities before whom a declaration may be made shall include any officer who holds a rank not below that of Lieutenant-Commander, Major, or Squadron-Leader.
30.—(1) On receiving the Registrar General's authority and consent to re-register a birth under regulation 29 and the declaration made for the purposes thereof, the registrar for the sub-district in which the birth occurred shall copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the declaration into the corresponding spaces of the entry and shall enter the qualification of the informant as “father” or “mother”, as the case may be; and he shall enter in space 14 the words “by declaration dated …” and the date on which the declaration was made and signed.
(2) After entering such particulars the registrar shall complete the entry in the manner provided in regulation 28(4) and (5).
31. Where so directed by the Registrar General the registrar for the sub-district in which the birth of a legitimated person occurred shall re-register the birth in such manner as the Registrar General in his authority may direct, although the particulars to be registered are not verified by a parent; and in any such case the registrar shall enter in the space for the signature the words “On the authority of the Registrar General” without any further entry in that space.
32. The superintendent registrar or the registrar having the custody of the register in which the birth was previously registered shall, when so directed by the Registrar General, note the previous entry of the birth with the words “Re-registered under section 14 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on …”, inserting the date of re-registration, and shall make a certified copy of the previous entry, including a copy of the note, and send the copy to the Registrar General.
33. Where application is made to a registrar or a superintendent registrar for a certified copy of the entry of the birth of a legitimated person whose birth has been re-registered in a register in his custody, he shall supply a certified copy of the entry of re-registration; and no certified copy of the previous entry shall be given except under the direction of the Registrar General.
34. Where information is furnished to the Registrar General for the re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person who was born at sea and whose birth was included in a return sent to the Registrar General, a parent of the legitimated person may verify the particulars required to be registered on the re-registration of the birth of that person by making and signing a declaration of such particulars, on a form provided by the Registrar General for the purpose, before any registrar in England and Wales or such authority specified in regulation 29(3), (4) or (5) as may be applicable, and sending that declaration to the Registrar General.
35. A person deputed for the purpose by the Registrar General, on receiving his authority to re-register the birth of a legitimated person who was born at sea and whose birth was included in a return sent to the Registrar General, shall make the entry in a register to be kept at the General Register Office in form 4, in such manner as the Registrar General may direct.
36. Where an entry is made under regulation 35, a person deputed as aforesaid shall note any previous record of the birth in the custody of the Registrar General with the words “Re-registered under section 14 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, on …”, inserting the date of re-registration, and shall send a copy of the previous record, including a copy of the note, certified under the seal of the General Register Office, to the authority from whom that record was received by the Registrar General.