The Adopted Persons (Birth Records) Regulations 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Adopted Persons (Birth Records) Regulations 1991 and shall comew into force on 14th October 1991.

(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Adoption Act 1976.

Application for access to birth records

2.  For the purposes of section 51(1) of the Act (which provides for information to be supplied to an adopted person to enable him to obtain a certified copy of the record of his birth), the adopted person shall apply to the Registrar General as follows:—

(a) in the case of a person who was adopted before 12th November 1975, in the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; or

(b) in the case of a person who was adopted after 11th November 1975, in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Application for verification in connection with intended marriage

3.  For the purposes of section 51(2) of the Act (which provides for an adopted person to be informed whether or not it appears that he and the person whom he intends to marry may be within the prohibited degrees of relattionship for the purpose of the Marriage Act 1949(1)), the adopted person shall apply to the Registrar General in the form set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

Revocation

4.  The Adopted Persons (Birth Records) Regulations 1976(2) are revoked.

P.J. Wormald

Registrar General

19th August 1991

Approved and signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Stephen Dorrell

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

3rd September 1991