Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (1953 c. 20)
- Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (1953 c. 20)
- Part I Registration of Births
- 1 Particulars of births to be registered.
- 2 Information concerning birth to be given to registrar within forty–two days.
- 3 Information concerning finding of new–born child to be given to registrar within forty–two days.
- 3A Registration of births of abandoned children.
- 4 Registrar’s power to require information concerning birth.
- 5 Registration of births free of charge.
- 6 Registration between three and twelve months from date of birth.
- 7 Registration after twelve months from date of birth.
- 8 Penalty for improper registration after 12 months from date of birth.
- 9 Giving of information to a person other than the registrar.
- 10 Registration of father ... or of second female parent where parents not married or civil partners
- 10ZA Registration of father or second female parent by virtue of certain provisions of Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
- 10A Re-registration where parents neither married nor civil partners
- 11 Special provision as to registration of still–birth.
- 12 Certificate of registration of birth.
- 13 Registration of name of child or of alteration of name.
- 14 Re–registration of births of legitimated persons.
- 14A Re–registration after declaration of parentage.
- Part II Registration of Deaths
- 15 Particulars of deaths to be registered.
- 16 Information concerning death in a house.
- 17 Information concerning other deaths.
- 18 Notice preliminary to information of death.
- 19 Registrar’s power to require information concerning death.
- 20 Registration of death free of charge.
- 21 Registration of death after twelve months.
- 22 Registration of cause of death on receipt of medical certificate
- 23 Furnishing of information by coroner.
- 23A Giving of information concerning a death to a person other than the registrar
- 24 Certificates as to registration of death.
- Part III General
- Registers, certified copies, etc.
- 25 Provision of registers, etc., by Registrar General.
- 26 Quarterly returns to be made by registrar to superintendent registrar.
- 27 Quarterly returns by superintendent registrar to Registrar General.
- 28 Custody of registers, etc.
- 29 Correction of errors in registers.
- 29A Alternative procedure for certain corrections.
- Searches and Certificates
- 30 Searches of indexes kept by Registrar General.
- 31 Searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars.
- 32 Searches in registers kept by registrars.
- 33 Short certificate of birth.
- 33A Short certificate of death
- 34 Entry in register as evidence of birth or death.
- 34A Searches and records of information: additional provision
- Offences
- 35 Offences relating to registers.
- 36 Penalties for failure to given information, etc.
- 37 Penalty for forging certificate, etc.
- 38 Prosecution of offences and application of fines.
- Miscellaneous
- 38A Fees
- 38B Requirements to sign register
- 39 Regulations and approval of electronic forms etc.
- 39A Regulations made by the Minister: further provisions
- 40 Sending and providing notices, information or other documents
- 40A Original documents may be in an approved electronic form
- 41 Interpretation.
- 42 Savings, etc.
- 43 Repeals and consequential amendments.
- 44 Short title, extent and commencement.
- FIRST SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments of other Enactments
- B. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo.5. c.88)
- The Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5. c.60)
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