The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

Declaration and registration under section 9 of the Act E+W

13.— [F1 (1) In relation to a live-birth, the officer prescribed for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Act is a registrar who is not the relevant registrar.]

(2) The officer before whom the declaration is to be made shall–

(a) enter in the declaration the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth, using an approved form for the purpose;

(b) [F2 show or read the declaration to the informant and correct any error or omission, requiring the informant to initial any amendment if the declaration is prepared in manuscript, and then to sign the declaration];

(c) attest the declaration himself;

(d) send the declaration to the relevant registrar in accordance with section 9(2) of the Act.

(3) Where it appears to the relevant registrar that the particulars contained in the declaration are in any material respect not proper to be registered, he shall return the declaration to the officer before whom it was attested together with a note of the matters in which it appears to need amendment, and–

(a) that officer shall then F3 ... amend any error by striking out any incorrect particulars and inserting the correct particulars;

(b) any amendment so made shall be initialled by the declarant, and the declaration shall be returned to the relevant registrar.

(4) On receiving the declaration the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (3), enter the particulars of the birth in the register in the following manner–

(a) in spaces 1 to 13 of form 1, he shall enter the particulars as appearing in the corresponding spaces of the declaration, except that where any particulars have been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (3) he shall enter in the register only the particulars as corrected, omitting any incorrect particular which has been struck out and the initials of the declarant;

(b) in space 14 of form 1 (signature of informant)–

(i) he shall enter the name of the declarant in the form in which he signed the declaration and shall add the words “by declaration dated ... ... ... ...”, inserting the date on which the declaration was made and signed,

(ii) if, pursuant to section 9(4) of the Act(1), a request made under [F4 paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of section 10(1) of the Act] [F5 , or a request made under paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 10(1B) of the Act,] was included in the declaration, he shall after the words required by head (i) make the same addition as, on completion of registration under Regulation 10, would be required under (as the case may be) [F6 head (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii)] of paragraph (1)(b) of that Regulation.

[F7 (iii) if, pursuant to section 9(4)(A) of the Act, a request made under section 10ZA of the Act was included in the declaration, he shall after the words “by declaration dated…” add “Pursuant to section 10ZA of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.”]

[F8 (5) If—

(a) not more than twelve months have elapsed from the date of the birth, the registrar shall enter the date on which the entry is made in space 15 of form 1 and shall sign the entry in space 16 of that form, adding his official description;

(b) more than twelve months have elapsed since the date of the birth, the registrar shall, on being satisfied that the Registrar General has given written authority in accordance with section 7 of the Act—

(i) enter the date on which the entry is made and the words “On the authority of the Registrar General” in space 15 of form 1; and

(ii) sign the entry in space 16 of that form, adding his official description.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 13(1) substituted (28.5.2012) by The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1203), regs. 1(1), 8(2) (with reg. 9)

F2 Words in reg. 13(2)(b) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 6(1)

F3 Words in reg. 13(3)(a) omitted (20.12.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1436), regs. 1(2), 2(6)

F4 Words in reg. 13(4)(b)(ii) substituted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 4(a)

F5 Words in reg. 13(4)(b)(ii) inserted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 9

F6 Words in reg. 13(4)(b)(ii) substituted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), regs. 1(1), 4(b)

F7 Reg. 13(4)(b)(iii) inserted (1.12.2003) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3048), regs. 1(1), 4

F8 Reg. 13(5) substituted (28.5.2012) by The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1203), regs. 1(1), 8(3) (with reg. 9)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 13 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1

(1)

Section 9(4) was added by section 93(3) of the Children Act 1975 (c. 72).