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Regulation 2(2)(b)
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 Forms 6A 6B inserted (14.10.1991) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2275), reg. 1(1), Sch. Pt. II
F2Sch. 2 Form 1 substituted (1.4.1995) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1948), regs. 1(1), 8, Sch. Form 1
F3Sch. 2 Form 6 substituted (1.4.1995) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1948), regs. 1(1), 8, Sch. Form 6
F4Sch. 2 Form 9 substituted (1.4.1995) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1948), regs. 1(1), 8, Sch. Form 9
F5Sch. 2 Form 11 substituted (1.4.1995) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1948), regs. 1(1), 8, Sch. Form 11
F6Sch. 2 Form 20 substituted (1.4.1995) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1948), regs. 1(1), 8, Sch. Form 20
F7Sch. 2 Form 2 substituted (1.7.1997) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1533), regs. 1, 2(6)(a), Sch. 1
F8Sch. 2 Form 5 omitted (1.7.1997) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1533), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)
F9Sch. 2 Form 6 omitted (1.7.1997) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1533), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)
F10Sch. 2 Form 13 substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 26(1), Sch. 1 (with reg. 26(2))
F11Sch. 2 Form 1 substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 24, Sch. 1
F12Sch. 2 Form 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), 24, Sch. 1
F13Sch. 2 Form 6A substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 24, Sch. 1
F14Sch. 2 Form 6B substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 24, Sch. 1
F15Sch. 2 Form 9 substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 24, Sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 Form 14 expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 13 para. 4 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)
C2Sch. 2 Form 15 expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 13 para. 4 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)
Commencement Information
Form | Relevant Regulation | Description | Statutory purpose |
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1 | 7(1) | Particulars of live-birth | The Act (ie the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953), sections 1(1) and 5 |
2 | 8, 16, 17(3)(a)(ii) | Declaration/statement by mother for the registration/re-registration of a birth | The Act, sections 9(5), 10(b)(i), 10A(1)(b)(i) |
3 | 14(1)(a) | Certificate that name was given in baptism | The Act, section 13(1) |
4 | 14(1)(b) | Certificate that name was given other than in baptism | The Act, section 13(1) |
5 | 17(3)(a)(i) | Statement by parent for the re-registration of a birth | The Act, sections 9(5), 10A(1)(a) |
6 | 17(3)(a)(iii) | Statement by mother for the re-registration of a birth | The Act, sections 9(5), 10A(1)(c) |
7 | 26(2)(a) | Particulars of birth at sea | The Act, section 14(4) |
8 | 29 | Particulars of birth of abandoned child | The Act, section 3A(2)(c) |
9 | 31 | Particulars of still-birth | The Act, sections 1(1) and 5 |
10 | 32(1) | Medical certificate of still-birth | The Act, section 11(1)(a) |
11 | 32(2) | Declaration as to still-birth | The Act, section 11(1)(b) |
12 | 38(1) | Certificate that registrar has registered still-birth | The Act, section 11(2) |
13 | 39 | Particulars of death | The Act, sections 15 and 20 |
14 | 40(1)(a)(i) | Medical certificate of cause of death except for child dying within 28 days of birth | The Act, section 22(1) |
15 | 40(1)(a)(ii) | Medical certificate of cause of death for child dying within 28 days of birth | The Act, section 22(1) |
16 | 40(1)(b) | Medical practitioner’s notice to informant of death | The Act, section 22(2) |
17 | 49(1) | Notification | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, section 3(1) |
18 | 49(3) | Declaration that certificate or order has been issued | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, section 1(1) |
19 | 52 | Certificate that death is not required to be registered | The Act, section 24(2) |
20 | 62 | Certificate of registration of birth | The Act, section 12 |
21 | 64(a) | Short certificate of birth issued by superintendent registrar/registrar | The Act, section 33 |
22 | 64(b), 66(1) | Short certificate of birth issued by Registrar General | The Act, section 33; Foundling Hospital Act 1953, section 5(2) |
23 | 71(a) | Quarterly return of live-births, still-births and deaths | The Act, section 26(1)(a) |
24 | 71(b) | Certificate of no registration | The Act, section 26(1)(b) |
Regulations 8, 16, 17(3)(a)(ii) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, ss.9(5), 10(1)(b)(i) and (c)(i) and 10A(1)(b)(i) and (c)(i)
Regulation 9(4) and (4A) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, s.10(1)(d)–(g)
Regulation 17(3) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, s.10A(1)(d)–(g)
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