Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2021.

(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 20th December 2021.

(3) Regulations 2(9)(b) and (c), 2(11), 2(12), 2(14) and 2(15) come into force—

(a)on the expiry or, if sooner, the repeal, of section 18(1) and paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to the Coronavirus Act 2020(1), or

(b)if those provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 are repealed on or before 19th December 2021, on 20th December 2021.

(4) Any amendment or repeal made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed.

(1)

2020 c. 7. Section 18(1) and paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 are set to expire pursuant to the provisions of section 89 of that Act.