Re-registration where person born at seaE+W
26.—(1) Where under section 14(1) of the Act the Registrar General authorises 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)a [F1mother, father or other parent] of the legitimated person shall verify the particulars required on re-registration by making and signing on an approved form a declaration of those particulars before a registrar or a relevant authority as defined in Regulation 21(5);
(b)the [F2mother, father or other parent] shall send the declaration to the Registrar General.
(2) In relation to any case to which this Regulation applies, section 14(1) of the Act shall apply with the modification that a person deputed for the purpose by the Registrar General shall on receiving the Registrar General’s authority, together with the declaration made by the [F3mother, father or other parent] under paragraph (1), effect re-registration by–
(a)making the entry in a register to be kept at the General Register Office in form 7, copying the particulars recorded in the spaces of the authority into the corresponding spaces of the form;
(b)noting in the margin of any previous record of the birth in the custody of the Registrar General the words “Re-registered under section 14 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, on ... ... ... ...”, inserting the date of re-registration; and
(c)sending a copy of the previous record, including a copy of the marginal note, certified under the seal of the General Register Office, to the authority from whom that record was received by the Registrar General.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 26(1)(a) substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 18(1)
F2Words in reg. 26(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 18(2)
F3Words in reg. 26(2) substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 18(3)
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