The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

PART IV E+W RE-REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER

Officers before whom statements may be made E+W

15.  The officer before whom a statement may be made for the purposes of section 9(5) of the Act(1) (request, other than to the relevant registrar, for re-registration of birth) shall be–

(a) where not more than three months have elapsed from the date of the birth, any registrar other than the relevant registrar;

(b) in any other case, any superintendent registrar.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 15 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1

[F1 Declaration by parent for re-registration of birth E+W

16.   Form 2 shall be the prescribed form of the declaration to be made by the mother pursuant to section 10A(1)(b)(i) of the Act and by the person stating himself to be the father pursuant to section 10A(1)(c)(i) of the Act (entry of father’s name in register at request of and on declaration of one parent and statutory declaration of other).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 16 substituted (1.4.1989) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/497), regs. 1(1), 6 (with reg. 13)

Re-registration of birth E+W

17.—(1) The relevant registrar shall re-register a birth pursuant to section 10A of the Act in accordance with the following provisions of this Regulation.

(2) Where the parent attends before the registrar before the expiration of three months from the date of the birth to give information for the re-registration of the birth, the registrar shall–

(a) ascertain from the parent the particulars to be registered concerning the birth and enter them in spaces 1 to 13 on form 1 in the presence of the parent and in accordance with the authority of the Registrar General;

(b) call upon the parent to verify the particulars entered and to sign the entry in space 14 and after the signature–

(i) in a section 10A(1)(b) case, add the words “Statutory declaration made by ... ... ... ...on ... ... ... ...”, inserting the name and surname of the person acknowledging himself to be the father and the date on which the statutory declaration was made by him,

[F2 (ii) in a section 10A(1)(c) case, add the words “Statutory declaration made by ... ... ... ... on ... ... ... ...”, inserting the name and surname of the mother and the date on which the statutory declaration was made by her,]

[F3 (iii) in a section 10A(1)(d) case, add the words “Pursuant to section 10A(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953”,

(iv) in a section 10A(1)(e) case, add the words “Pursuant to section 10A(1)(e) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953”,

(v) in a section 10A(1)(f) case, add the words “Pursuant to section 10A(1)(f) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953”,

(vi) in a section 10A(1)(g) case, add the words “Pursuant to section 10A(1)(g) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953”;]

(c) enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made and add the words “On the authority of the Registrar General”;

(d) sign the entry in space 16 and add his official description.

(3) Where the parent attends within three months from the date of the birth before any officer mentioned in paragraph (a) of Regulation 15, or thereafter before any officer mentioned in paragraph (b) of that Regulation, that officer shall–

[F4 (a) call upon the parent to make and sign a statement in form 2 in accordance with the authority of the Registrar General;]

(b) attest the statement and deliver it to the relevant registrar together with the authority of the Registrar General and also–

(i) in a section 10A(1)(b) [F5 or (c)] case, the statutory declaration F6 ...,

[F7 (ii) in the case under paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of section 10A(1), a declaration in Form 6B and either the parental responsibility agreement in a case mentioned in paragraph (d) or the order mentioned in paragraphs (e), (f) or (g) of that section.]

[F8 (c) Form 6B shall be the prescribed form of the declaration for the purposes of paragraphs (d) to (g) of section 10A(1) of the Act.]

(4) Upon receiving the documents mentioned in paragraph (3) the relevant registrar shall–

(a) copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the statement into the corresponding spaces of form 1;

(b) enter in space 14 the name of the parent in the form in which he signed the statement and–

(i) add the words “by declaration dated ... ... ... ...”, inserting the date on which the declaration was made and signed,

(ii) [F9 in a case under paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of section 10A(1)] make the appropriate further addition specified in [F10 head (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi)] (as the case may be) of paragraph (2)(b);

(c) enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made, adding the words “On the authority of the Registrar General”;

(d) if not more than three months have elapsed from the date of the birth, sign the entry in space 16 and add his official description;

(e) if more than three months have elapsed from the date of the birth, make the whole entry in the presence of the relevant superintendent registrar, in which case both officers shall sign the entry in space 16 and add their official descriptions.

(5) In this Regulation “parent” means–

(a) in a section 10A(1)(a) case, both the father and the mother;

(b) in a section 10A(1)(b) F11 ..., the mother,

[F12 (c) in a section 10A(1)(c) case, the father,

(d) [F13 in a case under paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of section 10A(1)], the mother or the father,]

and references to section 10A(1) are to section 10A(1) of the Act.

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 17(2)(b)(ii)(iii) substituted for reg. 17(2)(b)(ii) (1.4.1989) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/497), regs. 1(1), 7(1) (with reg. 13)

F3 Reg. 17(2)(b)(iii)-(vi) substituted for reg. 17(2)(b)(iii) (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 6(2)

F4 Reg. 17(3)(a) substituted (1.7.1997) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1533), regs. 1, 2(2)

F5 Words in reg. 17(3)(b)(i) inserted (1.4.1989) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/497), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(a)(i) (with reg. 13)

F6 Words in reg. 17(3)(b)(i) omitted (1.4.1989) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/497), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(a)(ii) (with reg. 13)

F7 Reg. 17(3)(b)(ii) substituted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 6(4)

F8 Reg. 17(3)(c) added (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 6(5)

F9 Words in reg. 17(4)(b)(ii) substituted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(a)

F10 Words in reg. 17(4)(b)(ii) substituted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)

F11 Words in reg. 17(5)(b) omitted (1.4.1989) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/497), regs. 1(1), 7(5)(a) (with reg. 13)

F12 Reg. 17(5)(c)(d) inserted (1.4.1989) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/497), regs. 1(1), 7(5)(b) (with reg. 13)

F13 Words in reg. 17(5)(d) substituted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 6(7)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 17 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1

Noting of previous entry E+W

18.  Where a birth is re-registered in accordance with this Part of these Regulations, the superintendent registrar or registrar having custody of the register in which the birth was previously registered shall, when so directed by the Registrar General, note the margin of the previous entry with the words “Re-registered under section 10A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on ... ... ... ...”, inserting the date of the re-registration.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 18 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1

(1)

Section 9(5) was added by section 93(3) of the Children Act 1975 (c. 72).