Statutory Instruments
Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc., England And Wales
Made
8th June 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5 and 39 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953(1), with the approval of the Secretary of State, makes the following Regulations.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2. In the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987(2), in regulation 9(1) (entry of particulars on registration)(3), omit “in the presence of the informant”.
Given under my hand on
Myrtle Lloyd
Registrar General
5th June 2020
I approve,
Kevin Foster
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
8th June 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/2088) (‘the 1987 Regulations’). They amend regulation 9(1) of the 1987 Regulations to allow for the entry of information in a birth registration entry without the registrar needing to be in the presence of the informant.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
1953 c. 20. Section 5 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 c. 24, paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 3 to the Children Act 1975 c. 72 and S.I. 1968/1242.
Regulation 9(1) was amended by S.I. 2012/1203.