Births and Deaths Regulations
1987
SI 1987/2088
Made - 26th November 1987
Authority: Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, ss 1(1),
3(1), 12; Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948, Sch 1, para 4
(repealed); Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, ss 1(1), 3A(2)(c), 5,
7(1), 9(1), (2), (5), 10(b)(i), 10A(1), 11(1), (2), 12, 13(1), 14(1), (4), 15,
20, 21(1), 22(1), (2), 23(2), (3), 24(1), (2), (4), (5), 26(1), 29(2), 33, 39,
41, the Registration Service Act 1953, ss 20(a), 21(1), the Foundling Hospital
Act 1953, s 5(2), the Friendly Societies Act 1974, Sch 5, para 5 (repealed),
the Industrial Diseases (Notification) Act 1981, s 1; Welsh Language Act 1993,
s 26(3)
NOTES
Continuation
Authority: following the re-enactment of the Welsh Language
Act 1967, s 2 in the Welsh Language Act 1993, s 26, these Regulations, to the
extent that they had effect under the 1967 Act, have effect as if made under
the said s 26 of the 1993 Act.
Part I
Preliminary
1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births
and Deaths Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
2 Interpretation
(1) In
these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"the Act" means the Births and Deaths Registration
Act 1953;
"approved form" means a form approved by the
Registrar General for the purpose for which it is used;
"certificate of cause of death" means a certificate
required to be signed by a medical practitioner pursuant to section 22(1) of
the Act;
"coroner" includes a deputy coroner and an
assistant deputy coroner;
"description", in relation to a coroner, means his
official designation and the area of his jurisdiction;
"entry" means a record of the particulars relating
to a live-birth, still-birth or death completed by the registrar in the
appropriate spaces in form 1, 9 or 13;
"inquest" includes an inquest which has been
adjourned under section 20(1) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1962 (whether or
not the inquest is subsequently resumed);
["maiden surname", in relation to a woman means the
surname under which she contracted her marriage (or, where she has married more
than once, her first marriage);]
"name", in relation to a person, excludes surname;
"name, surname and qualification", in relation to a
registered medical practitioner who has issued a certificate of cause of death,
means his name and surname as stated on the certificate and his registered
professional qualification;
"relevant registrar" and "relevant superintendent
registrar", in relation to the registration of a birth or death, mean
(subject to paragraph (3)(b) below) the registrar of the sub-district, and the
superintendent registrar of the district, in which the birth or death occurred.
(2) In
these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a)
any reference to a numbered regulation is to the
regulation in these Regulations bearing that number and any reference in a
regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that Regulation
bearing that number;
(b)
any reference to a numbered form is to the form
bearing that number in Schedule 2 to these Regulations and any reference to a
numbered space in a form is to the space bearing that number in that form.
(3) Where
a still-born child is found exposed or a dead body is found, any reference in
these Regulations to-
(a)
the date of the still-birth or of the death of the
deceased person, is to be construed as a reference to the date on which the
still-born child or the deceased was found;
(b)
the place where the still-birth or death occurred is,
if the place is unknown, to be construed as a reference to the place where the
still-born child or the deceased was found.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): definition "maiden surname" substituted
by SI 1994/1948, reg 2.
Part II
General Provisions as to Registration
[3 Preparation of draft particulars]
[(1)
Before commencing registration of a birth or death whether or not in the
presence of a qualified informant, the registrar shall, except where paragraph
(2) applies, prepare a draft of the particulars to be entered in the register,
either:-
(a)
on an approved form; or
(b)
if he has a computer, on that computer.
(2) Before
a qualified informant makes a declaration under [Regulation 11, 12, 13, 34A or
42A,] or a statement under Regulation 17(3)(a) the officer before whom the
declaration or statement is to be made shall prepare a draft of the particulars
to be entered in the register, either:-
(a)
on an approved form; or
(b)
if he has a computer, on that computer.
(3) Having
prepared a draft of the particulars in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2),
where the informant is present the officer shall show or read them to him and
shall correct any error or omission.]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1992/2753, reg 3.
Para (2): words in square brackets
substituted by SI 1997/844, reg 4(2).
4 Absence of particulars
Where during the registration of a birth or death it appears
to the registrar that he cannot enter the particulars required in any space on
the appropriate form, other than space 17 on form 1, he shall, subject to any
other provision of these Regulations, draw a line in ink though that space
before the informant is called upon to certify the entry.
5 Signature by mark or in foreign
characters
Where-
(a)
under any provision of these Regulations a person is
required to sign a register, declaration or statement in the presence of a
superintendent registrar or a registrar;
(b)
that person
makes a mark or signs in characters other than those used in the English or
Welsh language,
the superintendent registrar or registrar concerned shall
write against the mark or signature the words "The mark (or signature) of
.. .. .. ", inserting the name and surname of the person.
6 Regulation in more than one place
(1) A
registrar shall not register a birth or death which has already been registered
except-
(a)
in accordance with Regulation 36, 45 or 47(4); or
(b)
where the Registrar General gives his authority.
(2) Where
it appears to a registrar that a birth or death has nevertheless been
registered more than once-
(a)
if there is no material difference in the particulars
recorded, he shall write in the margin of every entry but the original the
words "Inadvertently re-registered. For correct entry see No .. ..
Register No .. .. .. ", inserting the number of the original entry and the
number of the register in which it is recorded;
(b)
if there is any material difference, he shall report
the matter to the Registrar General and shall make such note in the margins of
all or any of the entries as the Registrar General may authorise.
(3) Where
a birth or death is re-registered on the authority of the Registrar General,
the registrar making the new entry and the registrar or superintendent
registrar having custody of the register in which the original entry was made
shall make such notes, if any, in the margin of the respective entries as the
Registrar General may authorise.
Part III
Registration of Live-Births
7 Particulars to be registered and form of register
(1) The
particulars concerning a live-birth required to be registered pursuant to
section 1(1) of the Act shall, subject to the provisions of these Regulations,
be those required in spaces 1 to 13 in form 1 and that form shall be the
prescribed form for registration of live-births for the purpose of section 5 of
the Act (which provides for registration of births free of charge).
(2) Except
as otherwise provided in these Regulations the particulars to be recorded in
respect of the parents of a child shall be those appropriate as at the date of
its birth.
[8 Declaration by parent for
registration of birth]
[Form 2 shall be the prescribed form of the declaration to be
made by the mother pursuant to section 10(1)(b)(i) of the Act and by the person
stating himself to be the father pursuant to section 10(1)(c)(i) of the Act
(entry of father's name in register at request of and on declaration by one parent
and statutory declaration of other).]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1989/497, reg 2.
9 Entry of particulars on
registration within three months from date of birth
(1) Where
the relevant registrar receives from any qualified informant before the
expiration of three months from the date of the birth of a child information of
the particulars required by Regulation 7(1) he shall forthwith register the
birth and the particulars, if not previously registered, in the presence of the
informant on form 1, entering the particulars required in spaces 1 to 13 in
accordance, where applicable, with the following provisions of this Regulation.
(2) With
respect to space 1 (date and place of birth), if more than one living child is
born at the confinement the registrar shall after the date of birth enter the
time of birth.
(3) With
respect to space 2 (name and surname)-
(a)
if a name is not given, the registrar shall enter only
the surname, preceded by a horizontal line;
(b)
the surname to be entered shall be the surname by
which at the date of the registration of the birth it is intended that the
child shall be known.
(4) With
respect to space 4 (father's name and surname)-
(a)
if, other than in a case to which sub-paragraph (b) applies,
the father acquired after the child's birth a name or surname different from
that borne by him at the date of the birth, the registrar shall (subject to
section 10 of the Act) enter in space 4 the name and surname as at the date of
the birth, followed by the name and surname as at the date of registration
preceded by the word "now" or, if the father is deceased, the name
and surname at his death preceded by the word "afterwards";
[(b)
in the case of a request made under paragraph (d),
(e), (f) or (g) of section 10(1) of the Act and upon production of a
declaration in Form 6A, the Registrar shall enter in space 4 of Form 1, name
and surname of the father or putative father as recorded either in the parental
responsibility agreement mentioned in paragraph (d) of that section or the
order mentioned in paragraphs (e), (f) or (g) of that section];
[(c)
in the case of a request under section 10ZA of the Act
(registration of father by virtue of certain provisions of the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990), the registrar shall enter in space 4,
the name and surname as at the date of his death of the man who is to be
treated for the purpose of section 28(5I) of the Human Fertilisation and
Embryology Act 1990 as the father of the child].
[(4A) Form
6A shall be the prescribed form of the declaration for the purposes of
paragraphs (d) to (g) of section 10(1) of the Act.].
(5) With
respect to spaces 5 and 6 (father's place of birth and occupation)-
(a)
in a case to which section 10 of the Act applies, the
registrar shall not complete spaces 5 and 6 unless the name and surname of the
father of the child have been entered in space 4 pursuant to that section;
(b)
if the father was deceased at the date of the birth
the registrar shall enter below the particulars in space 6 the word
"deceased";
(c)
if the father has changed his occupation since birth
of the child, the registrar shall in space 6 after the occupation as at the
date of the birth enter the occupation as at the date of registration preceded
by the word "now".
(6) With
respect to space 7 (mother's name and surname)-
(a)
if after the birth of the child the mother acquired a
name or surname different from that borne by her at the date of the birth, the
registrar shall enter the name and surname as at the date of the birth,
followed by the name and surname as at the date of registration preceded by the
word "now" or, if the mother is deceased, the name and surname as at
her death preceded by the word "afterwards";
(b)
. . .
[(6A) With
respect to space 8b (mother's occupation) if the mother has changed her
occupation since the birth of the child, the registrar shall in space 8b after
the occupation as at the date of the birth enter the occupation as at the date
of registration preceded by the word "now".]
(7) With
respect to space 9(b) (mother's surname at marriage if married more than once)
the surname to be entered shall be that in which the mother contracted her most
recent marriage except that if that surname is the same as the entered in space
9(a) (maiden surname) a line shall be drawn through space 9(b).
(8) With
respect to space 13 (informant's usual address)-
(a)
the address required shall be the address as at the
date of registration of the birth;
(b)
if in pursuance of [section 10(1)(a)] of the Act an
entry has been made in respect of the father of the child, the registrar shall
enter the father's address followed by the mother's address if different;
(c)
except as provided by sub-paragraph (b), the registrar
shall not enter the address of the informant if that address is the same as the
mother's usual address.
(9) After
completing spaces 1 to 13 of the entry the registrar shall call upon the
informant to verify the particulars entered.
(10) If
any error has been made in those particulars, the registrar shall, in the
presence of the informant, make the necessary correction as provided in regulation
54.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (4): sub-para (b) substituted by SI 1991/2275, reg 2(2).
Para (4): sub-para (c) inserted by
SI 2003/3048, reg 2.
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
Para (4A): inserted by SI 1991/2275, reg 2(3).
Para (6): sub-para (b) revoked by SI
1994/1948, reg 3(a).
Para (6A): inserted by SI 1994/1948,
reg 3(b).
Para (8): words in square brackets
substituted by SI 1989/497, reg 3.
10 Completion of registration
(1) When
spaces 1 to 13 of form 1 have been completed and verified the registrar shall
call upon the following persons to sign the entry in space 14 of the form-
(a)
subject to sub-paragraph (b), the informant;
(b)
where an entry has been made under [section 10(1)] of
the Act-
(i)
if made pursuant to paragraph (a) of that [subsection], the person
acknowledging himself to be the father, and then the mother,
(ii)
if made pursuant to paragraph (b) of that [subsection], the mother, in
which case the registrar shall add after her signature the words "Statutory
declaration made by .. .. .. on .. .. .. ", inserting the name and surname
of the person acknowledging himself to be the father and the date on which the
statutory declaration was made by him,
[(iii) if made pursuant to paragraph (c) of that sub-section,
the person stating himself to be the father of the child, in which case the
registrar shall add after his signature the words "Statutory declaration
made by .. .. .. .. .. on .. .. .. .. ..", inserting the name and surname
of the mother and the date on which the statutory declaration was made by her,]
[(iv) if made pursuant to paragraph (d) of that sub-section,
the person making the request in which case the registrar shall add after his
signature the words "Pursuant to section 10(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths
Registration Act 1953",
(v)
if made pursuant to paragraph (e) of that sub-section, the person making
the request, in which case the registrar shall add after his signature the
words "Pursuant to section 10(1)(e) of the Births and Deaths Registration
Act 1953,
(vi)
if made pursuant to paragraph (f) of that sub-section, the person making
the request in which case the registrar shall add after his signature the words
"Pursuant to section 10(1)(f) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953,
(vii) if made pursuant to paragraph (g) of that sub-section,
the person making the request in which case the Registrar shall add after his
signature the words "Pursuant to section 10(1)(g) of the Births and Deaths
Registration Act 1953"],
[(c)
where an entry has been made under section 10ZA of the
Act, the person making the request, in which case the registrar shall add after
his signature the words "Pursuant to section 10ZA of the Births and Deaths
Registration Act 1953."],
(2) The
registrar shall then enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made and
shall sign the entry in space 16, adding his official description.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): in sub-para (b) words "section 10(1)" in
square brackets substituted by SI 1989/497, reg 4(a).
Para (1): in sub-para (b) word
"subsection" in square brackets in both places it occurs substituted
by SI 1989/497, reg 4(b).
Para (1): sub-para (b)(iii) inserted
by SI 1989/497, reg 4(c).
Para (1): sub-para (b)(iv)-(vii)
substituted, for sub-para (b)(iv) as originally enacted, by SI 1991/2275, reg
3.
Para (1): sub-para (c) inserted by
SI 2003/3048, reg 3.
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
11 Registration between three and
twelve months from date of birth
(1) Where
a qualified informant attends before a superintendent registrar pursuant to
section 6(1)(a) of the Act for the purpose of the registration of a live-birth
which occurred in his district more than three months but not more than twelve
months previously, the superintendent registrar shall-
(a)
enter in the declaration under section 6(1)(b) of the
Act the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth, using an
approved form for the purpose;
(b)
show or read the declaration to the informant and
correct any error or omission, requiring the informant to initial any amendment
and then to sign the declaration;
(c)
attest it himself; and
[(d)
deliver to the relevant registrar the declaration and
a copy of the draft entry the latter prepared in accordance with regulation 3.]
[(2) Where
it appears to the registrar that the particulars contained in the draft entry
or declaration are in any material respect not proper to be registered-
(a)
the superintendent registrar shall, in the presence of
the informant, amend any error by striking out any incorrect particulars and
inserting the correct particulars;
(b)
the correction to the declaration shall be initialled
by the informant.]
(3) On
receiving the declaration the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (2),
forthwith register the birth in the presence of the information and of the
superintendent registrar in accordance with section 6(2) of the Act.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): sub-para (d) substituted by SI 1992/2753, reg 4(a).
Para (2): substituted by SI
1992/2753, reg 4(b).
12 Registration after twelve months
from date of birth
(1) Where
a relevant registrar or a relevant superintendent registrar is informed that a
live-birth which occurred more than twelve months previously has not been
registered, he shall make a report to the Registrar General stating, to the
best of his knowledge and belief-
(a)
the particulars required to be registered concerning
the birth;
(b)
the source of his information; and
(c)
the name, surname and address of any qualified
informant available to give information for the registration.
(2) On
being satisfied that the Registrar General has issued his written authority to
the relevant registrar for the registration of the birth, the relevant superintendent
registrar shall require a qualified informant to make and sign in his presence
a declaration of the particulars to be registered concerning the birth.
(3) On
registering the birth under this regulation the registrar shall enter in space
15 of the entry immediately below the date of registration the words "On
the authority of the Registrar General".
13 Declaration and registration
under section 9 of the Act
(1) [In
relation to a live-birth,] the officer before whom a declaration for the
purposes of section 9(1) of the Act (giving of information to a person other
than the relevant registrar) may be made shall be-
(a)
in a case where not more than three months have
elapsed from the date of the birth, any registrar other than the relevant
registrar;
(b)
in any other case, any superintendent registrar other
than the relevant superintendent registrar.
(2) The
officer before whom the declaration is to be made shall-
(a)
enter in the declaration the particulars required to
be registered concerning the birth, using an approved form for the purpose;
(b)
show or read the particulars entered on the form to
the informant and correct any error or omission, requiring the informant to
initial any amendment and then to sign the declaration;
(c)
attest the declaration himself;
(d)
send the declaration to the relevant registrar in
accordance with section 9(2) of the Act.
(3) Where
it appears to the relevant registrar that the particulars contained in the
declaration are in any material respect not proper to be registered, he shall
return the declaration to the officer before whom it was attested together with
a note of the matters in which it appears to need amendment, and-
(a)
that officer shall then in the presence of the
declarant amend any error by striking out any incorrect particulars and
inserting the correct particulars;
(b)
any amendment so made shall be initialled by the
declarant, and the declaration shall be returned to the relevant registrar.
(4) On receiving the declaration the
registrar shall, subject to paragraph (3), enter the particulars of the birth
in the register in the following manner-
(a)
in spaces 1 to 13 of form 1, he shall enter the
particulars as appearing in the corresponding spaces of the declaration, except
that where any particulars have been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (3) he
shall enter in the register only the particulars as corrected, omitting any
incorrect particular which has been struck out and the initials of the
declarant;
(b)
in space 14 of form 1 (signature of informant)-
(i)
he shall enter the name of the declarant in the form in which he signed
the declaration and shall add the words "by declaration dated .. .. ..
", inserting the date on which the declaration was made and signed,
(ii)
if, pursuant to section 9(4) of the Act, a request made under [paragraph
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of section 10(1) of the Act] was included in
the declaration, he shall after the words required by head (i) make the same
addition as, on completion of registration under Regulation 10, would be
required under (as the case may be) head [(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or
(vii)] of paragraph (1)(b) of that Regulation,
[(iii) if, pursuant to section 9(4)(A) of the Act, a request
made under section 10ZA of the Act was included in the declaration, he shall
after the words "by declaration dated..." add "Pursuant to
section 10ZA of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953."].
(5) If-
(a)
not more than three months have elapsed from the date
of the birth, the registrar shall enter in space 15 the date on which the entry
is made and shall sign the entry in space 16 of form 1, adding his official
description;
(b)
more than three but not more than twelve months have
elapsed from the date of the birth, the registrar and both officers shall sign
the entry in space 16 of form 1 and shall add their official descriptions;
(c)
more than twelve months have elapsed since the date of
the birth-
(i)
the registrar shall not make the entry until he has received the written
authority of the Registrar General to register the birth,
(ii)
on receiving the authority the registrar shall make the entry in the
presence of the relevant superintendent registrar,
(iii) below the date of registration in space 15 the
registrar shall enter the words "On the authority of the Registrar
General", and
(iv)
the superintendent registrar and registrar shall sign the entry in space
16 of form 1 and shall add their official descriptions.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): words in square brackets inserted by SI 1997/844,
reg 2(2).
Para (4): in sub-para (b)(ii) words
"paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of section 10(1) of the
Act" and "(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii)" in square
brackets substituted by SI 1991/2275, reg 4.
Para (4): sub-para (b)(iii) inserted
by SI 2003/3048, reg 4.
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
14 Alteration or giving of name
after registration
(1) The
form of the certificate pursuant to section 13(1) of the Act, as to the
alteration of or giving of a name to a child before the expiration of twelve months
from the date of the registration of its birth, shall be-
(a)
where the name was altered or given in baptism, form
3;
(b)
where the name was altered or given otherwise than in
baptism, form 4.
(2) Upon
delivery to him of a certificate duly signed in accordance with section 13(1),
the registrar or superintendent registrar having custody of the register in
which the birth is entered shall (in pursuance of section 13(1)) enter in space
17 of the entry the name shown in the certificate, followed by the surname
recorded in space 2 of the entry and-
(a)
if the entry is made on production of a certificate in
[form 3] he shall add the words "by baptism on .. .. ", inserting the
date on which the child was baptised;
(b)
if the entry is made on production of a certificate in
[form 4], he shall add the words "on certificate of naming dated .. ..
", inserting the date on which the certificate was signed.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (2): words in square brackets substituted by SI
1991/2275, reg 5.
Part IV
Re-registration of Births of Children Whose Parents not Named
to Each Other
15 Officers before whom statements may be made
The officer before whom a statement may be made for the
purposes of section 9(5) of the Act (request, other than to the relevant
registrar, for re-registration of birth) shall be-
(a)
where not more than three months have elapsed from the
date of the birth, any registrar other than the relevant registrar;
(b)
in any other case, any superintendent registrar.
[16 Declaration by parent for
re-registration of birth]
[Form 2 shall be the prescribed form of the declaration to be
made by the mother pursuant to section 10A(1)(b)(i) of the Act and by the
person stating himself to be the father pursuant to section 10A(1)(c)(i) of the
Act (entry of father's name in register at request of and on declaration of one
parent and statutory declaration of other).]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1989/497, reg 6.
17 Re-registration of birth
(1) The
relevant registration shall re-register a birth pursuant to section 10A of the
Act in accordance with the following provisions of this Regulation.
(2) Where
the parent attends before the registrar before the expiration of three months
from the date of the birth to give information for the re-registration of the
birth, the registrar shall-
(a)
ascertain from the parent the particulars to be
registered concerning the birth and enter them in spaces 1 to 13 on form 1 in
the presence of the parent and in accordance with the authority of the
Registrar General;
(b)
call upon the parent to verify the particulars entered
and to sign the entry in space 14 and after the signature-
(i)
in a section 10A(1)(b) case, add the words "Statutory declaration
made by .. .. on .. .. ", inserting the name and surname of the person
acknowledging himself to be the father and the date on which the statutory
declaration was made by him,
[(ii) in a section 10A(1)(c) case, add the words,
"Statutory declaration made by .. .. .. .. .. .. .. on .. .. ..",
inserting the name and surname of the mother and the date on which the
statutory declaration was made by her,]
[(iii) .in a section 10A(1)(d) case, add the words
"Pursuant to section 10A(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953",
(iv)
in a section 10A(1)(e) case, add the words "Pursuant to section
10A(1)(e) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953",
(v)
in a section 10A(1)(f) case, add the words "Pursuant to section
10A(1)(f) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953",
[(va) in a section 10A(1)(ff) case, add the words
"Pursuant to section 10A(1)(ff) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953",]
(vi)
in a section 10A(1)(g) case, add the words "Pursuant to section
10A(1)(g) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953";]
(c)
enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made
and add the words "On the authority of the Registrar General";
(d)
sign the entry in space 16 and add his official
description.
(3) Where
the parent attends within three months from the date of the birth before any officer
mentioned in paragraph (a) of Regulation 15, or thereafter before any officer
mentioned in paragraph (b) of that Regulation, that officer shall-
[(a)
call upon the parent to make and sign a statement in
form 2 in accordance with the authority of the Registrar General;]
(b)
attest the statement and deliver it to the relevant
registrar together with the authority of the Registrar General and also-
(i)
in a section 10A(1)(b) [or (c)] case, the statutory declaration . . .,
[(ii) in the case under paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of
section 10A(1), a declaration in Form 6B and either the parental responsibility
agreement in a case mentioned in paragraph (d) or the order mentioned in
paragraphs (e), (f) or (g) of that section;]
[(c)
Form 6B shall
be the prescribed form of the declaration for the purposes of paragraphs (d) to
(g) of section 10A(1) of the Act].
(4) Upon
receiving the documents mentioned in paragraph (3) the relevant registrar
shall-
(a)
copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the
statement into the corresponding spaces of form 1;
(b)
enter in space 14 the name of the parent in the form
in which he signed the statement and-
(i)
add the words "by declaration dated .. .. ", inserting the
date on which the declaration was made and signed,
(ii)
[in a case under paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), [(ff)] or (g) of
section 10A(1)] make the appropriate further addition specified in [head (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), [(va)] or (vi)] (as the case may be) of paragraph
(2)(b);
(c)
enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made,
adding the words "On the authority of the Registrar General";
(d)
if not more than three months have elapsed from the
date of the birth, sign the entry in space 16 and add his official description.
(e)
if more than three months have elapsed from the date
of the birth, make the whole entry in the presence of the relevant
superintendent registrar, in which case both officers shall sign the entry in
space 16 and add their official descriptions.
(5) In
this Regulation "parent" means-
(a)
in a section 10A(1)(a) case, both the father and the
mother;
(b)
in a section 10A(1)(b) ... , the mother,
[(c)
in a section 10A(1)(c) case, the father,
[(ca)
in a section 10A(1)(ff) case, the mother,]
(d)
[in a case under paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of
section 10A(1)], the mother or the father,]
and references to section 10A(1) are to section 10A(1) of the
Act.
[(6) In a
section 10A(1)(ff) case, any references in regulations 17(2), 17(3) and 17(4)
to the "parent" shall be read as a reference to some other person who
is a qualified informant in the case of the death or inability of the mother.]
NOTES
Amendment
Para (2): sub-para (b)(ii) substituted by SI 1989/497, reg 7.
Para (2): sub-para (b)(iii)-(vi)
substituted, for sub-para (b)(iii) as originally enacted, by SI 1991/2275, reg
6(2).
Para (2): sub-para (b)(va) inserted
by SI 2003/3048, reg 5(1).
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
Para (3): sub-para (a) substituted by SI 1997/1533, reg 2(2).
Para (3): in sub-para (b)(i) words
"or (c)" in square brackets inserted by SI 1989/497, reg 7.
Para (3): in sub-para (b)(i) words
omitted revoked by SI 1989/497, reg 7.
Para (3): sub-para (b)(ii)
substituted by SI 1991/2275, reg 6(4).
Para (3): sub-para (c) inserted by
SI 1991/2275, reg 6(5).
Para (4): in sub-para (b)(ii) words
from "in a case" to "of section 10A(1)" in square brackets
substituted by SI 1991/2275, reg 6(6).
Para (4): in sub-para (b)(ii)
references to "(ff)" and "(va)" in square brackets inserted
by SI 2003/3048, reg 5(2).
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
Para (4): in sub-para (b)(ii) words "head (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v), or (vi)" in square brackets substituted by SI 1991/2275,
reg 6(6).
Para (5): in sub-para (b) words
omitted revoked by SI 1989/497, reg 7.
Para (5): sub-paras (c), (d)
inserted by SI 1989/497, reg 7.
Para (5): sub-para (ca) inserted by
SI 2003/3048, reg 5(3).
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
Para (5): in sub-para (d) words "in a case under
paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of section 10A(1)" in square brackets
substituted by SI 1991/2275, reg 6(7).
Para (6): inserted by SI 2003/3048,
reg 5(4).
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
18 Noting of previous entry
Where a birth is re-registered in accordance with this Part
of these Regulations, the superintendent registrar or registrar having custody
of the register in which the birth was previously registered shall, when so
directed by the Registrar General, note the margin of the previous entry with
the words "Re-registered under section 10A of the Births and Deaths
Registration Act 1953 on .. .. ", inserting the date of the
re-registration.
Part V
Re-registration of Births of Legitimated Persons
19 Attendance and particulars on re-registration
Where under section 14(1) of the Act the Registrar General
authorises the re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person-
(a)
except where Regulation 21 or 23 applies, and subject
to section 14(2) of the Act (personal attendance as required by the Registrar
General), a parent of the legitimated person shall attend personally at the
office of the relevant registrar for re-registration of the birth within such
time as the Registrar General may direct;
(b)
Regulation 7(2) shall apply as to the particulars to
be recorded in respect of the parents except that-
[(i)
in spaces 6 and 8b of form 1 (occupations) the occupations of the father
and mother respectively need not be recorded as at both the date of birth and
the date of the entry,]
(ii)
in space 7 of form 1, the surname to be recorded in respect of the
mother of the child shall be her surname immediately after her marriage to the
father, and
(iii) in space 9(b) of form 1, the surname (if any) to be
entered shall be that in which the mother contracted her most recent marriage
prior to re-registration.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (b)(i) substituted by SI 1994/1948, reg 4.
20 Re-registration where parent
attends
(1), (2)
. . .
(3) [Where
the parent attends personally at the office of the relevant registrar for
re-registration, the registrar shall-]
[(a)
ascertain from the parent the particulars to be
registered concerning the birth and enter them in spaces 1 to 13 of form 1 in
the presence of the parent and in accordance with the authority of the
Registrar General;]
(b)
. . . call upon the parent to verify the
particulars as entered and to sign the entry in space 14;
(c)
enter in space 15 of form 1 the date on which the
entry is made and add the words "On the authority of the Registrar
General";
(d)
sign the entry in space 16 of form 1 and add his
official description.
NOTES
Amendment
Paras (1), (2): revoked by SI 1997/1533, reg 2(3)(a).
Para (3): first words in square
brackets substituted, sub-para (a) substituted, and in sub-para (b) words
omitted revoked, by SI 1997/1533, reg 2(3)(b).
21 Making of declaration where
parent does not attend
(1)
Instead of attending personally at the office of the relevant registrar,
a parent may . . . verify the particulars required on re-registration in
accordance with the following provisions of this Regulation[, provided that if
the parent is not in England and Wales, he has obtained the written consent of
the Registrar General].
(2) A
parent who is in England and Wales may verify the particulars by making and
signing before any registrar other than the relevant registrar a declaration of
the particulars on an approved form.
(3) Any
such declaration shall be attested by the registrar before whom it is made and
sent by him to the relevant registrar.
(4) A
parent who is not in England or Wales may verify the particulars by making and
signing before a relevant authority, and sending to the Registrar General, a
declaration of the particulars on an approved form.
(5) In
paragraph (4) "relevant authority" means-
(a)
in the case of a parent who is in Scotland, Northern
Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or any part of the Commonwealth
outside the British Islands or who is in the Irish Republic, a notary public
and any other person who, in the place where the declaration is made, is
authorised to administer oaths;
(b)
in the case of a parent to whom sub-paragraph (a)
above does not apply (and who is outside England and Wales), one of Her
Majesty's consular officers, a notary public and any other person who, in the
place where the declaration is made is authorised to administer oaths so
however that a declaration made otherwise than before a consular officer shall
be authenticated by such an officer if the Registrar General so requires;
(c)
in the case of a parent who is a member of Her
Majesty's Forces and who is not in the United Kingdom, any officer who holds a
rank not below that of Lieutenant-Commander, Major or Squadron-Leader.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): words omitted revoked, and words in square brackets
inserted, by SI 1997/1533, reg 2(4).
22 Re-registration in pursuance of
declaration
On receiving the Registrar General's authority to re-register
a birth together with his consent as to verification and the declaration made
for the purposes of Regulation 21, the relevant registrar shall-
(a)
copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the
declaration into the corresponding spaces of form 1;
(b)
enter in space 12 of form 1 the qualification of the
informant as "father" or "mother", as the case may be;
(c)
enter in space 14 of form 1 the name of the declarant
in the form in which he signed the declaration and add the words "by
declaration dated .. .. .. ", inserting the date on which the declaration
was made and signed;
(d)
complete the entry as provided in regulation 20(3)(c)
and (d).
23 Re-registration where particulars
not verified by parent
Where, in a case to which any of the provisos to section
14(1) applies, the Registrar General authorises the relevant registrar to
re-register the birth of a legitimated person notwithstanding that the
particulars to be registered have not been verified by either parent, the
registrar shall-
(a)
copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the
authority into the corresponding spaces of form 1;
(b)
enter in space 14 the words "On the authority of
the Registrar General" without any further entry in that space;
(c)
enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made
and sign the entry in space 16, adding his official description.
24 Noting of previous entry
Where the birth of a legitimated person is re-registered in
accordance with Regulation 20, 22 or 23 the superintendent registrar or
registrar having custody of the register in which the birth was previously registered
shall, when so directed by the Registrar General, note in the margin of the
previous entry the words "Re-registered under section 14 of the Births and
Deaths Registration Act 1953, on .. .. ", inserting the date of the
re-registration.
25 Certified copies of re-registered
entries
Where an application is made to a superintendent registrar or
registrar for a certified copy of the entry of the birth of a legitimated
person whose birth has been re-registered in a register in his custody-
(a)
he shall supply a certified copy of the entry of
re-registration;
(b)
a certified copy of the superseded entry shall not be
supplied except with the authority of the Registrar General.
26 Re-registration where person born
at sea
(1) Where
under section 14(1) of the Act the Registrar General authorises the
re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person who has born at sea and
whose birth was included in a return sent to the Registrar General-
(a)
a parent of the legitimated person shall verify the
particulars required on re-registration by making and signing on an approved
form a declaration of those particulars before a registrar or a relevant
authority as defined in Regulation 21(5);
(b)
the parent shall send the declaration to the Registrar
General.
(2) In
relation to any case to which this Regulation applies, section 14(1) of the Act
shall apply with the modification that a person deputed for the purpose by the
Registrar General shall on receiving the Registrar General's authority,
together with the declaration made by the parent under paragraph (1), effect
re-registration by-
(a)
making the entry in a register to be kept at the
General Register Office in form 7, copying the particulars recorded in the
spaces of the authority into the corresponding spaces of the form;
(b)
noting in the margin of any previous record of the
birth in the custody of the Registrar General the words "Re-registered
under section 14 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, on .. .. ",
inserting the date of re-registration; and
(c)
sending a copy of the previous record, including a
copy of the marginal note, certified under the seal of the General Register
Office, to the authority from whom that record was received by the Registrar
General.
[Part VA
Re-registration of Births after Declaration of Parentage or
Legitimacy]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1988 No 638.
[26A Particulars on re-registration]
[Where under section 14A of the Act the Registrar General
authorises the relevant registrar to re-register a birth, the relevant
registrar shall-
(a)
copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the
authority into spaces 1 to 10 of form 1;
(b)
enter across such of spaces 11 to 14 as are needed for
the purpose:-
(i)
if the re-registration follows a declaration under section 56(1)(a) of
the Family Law Act 1986 the words "Pursuant to section 14A of the Births
and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on the authority of the Registrar
General"; or
(ii)
if the re-registration follows a declaration under section 56(1)(b) of
the Family Law Act 1986 the words "on the authority of the Registrar
General";
(c)
draw a line through any unused space; and
(d)
enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made
and sign the entry in space 16, adding his official description.]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1988/638.
[26B Noting of previous entry]
[Where a birth is re-registered in accordance with regulation
26A, the superintendent registrar or registrar having custody of the register
in which the birth was previously registered shall, when so directed by the
Registrar General, note the margin of the previous entry with the words
"Re-registered under section 14A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, on .. .. .. ", inserting the date of the re-registration.]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1988/638.
[26C Re-registration where person
born at sea]
[Where under section 14A of the Act the Registrar General
authorises the re-registration of the birth of a person who was born at sea and
whose birth was included in a return sent to the Registrar General, a person
deputed for the purpose by the Registrar General shall on receiving the
Registrar General's authority effect re-registration by-
(a)
making the entry in a register to be kept at the
General Register Office in form 7, copying the particulars recorded in the
spaces of the authority into the corresponding spaces of the form;
(b)
noting in the margin of any previous record of birth
in the custody of the Registrar General the words "Re-registered under
section 14A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, on .. .. .. .. ..
", inserting the date of re-registration; and
(c)
sending a copy of the previous record, including a
copy of the marginal note, certified under the seal of the General Register
Office, to the authority from whom that record was received by the Registrar
General.]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1988/638.
Part VI
Birth Entries of Adopted Children
27 Marking of birth entry of adopted child
(1) When
so directed by the Registrar General acting pursuant to any of the relevant
provisions, a superintendent registrar or a registrar shall-
(a)
mark the entry specified in the direction with the
word "Adopted" or, as the case may be, the words "proposed
foreign adoption", followed immediately, where the direction so specifies,
by the name, in brackets, of the country in which the adoption order was made;
(b)
strike through any marking as to adoption in the
margin of the entry specified in the direction and underneath write, as may be
specified in the direction, the words "Adoption order quashed",
"Adoption order revoked", "Appeal against adoption order
allowed" or "Direction for the marking of this entry revoked",
and, after marking the entry or striking through the marking
(as the case may be), the officer concerned shall add his signature and
official description.
(2) In
paragraph (1) "the relevant provisions" means sections 50(7) and
55(3) of, and paragraphs 1(3), 2, 3(c), 4(2)(b), (3) and (5), 5 and 6(b) of
Schedule 1, to the Adoption Act 1976.
28 Reproduction of marking in
certified copy
Where-
(a)
a certified copy of an entry of birth relating to an
adopted person is given pursuant to section 30(2), 31(2) or 32 of the Act;
(b)
the entry has been marked pursuant to sub-paragraph
(a) of paragraph (1) of Regulation 27; and
(c)
the marking has not been struck through pursuant to
sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph,
the certified copy shall include a copy of the marking.
Part VII
Registration of Births of Abandoned Children
29 Particulars to be registered
The particulars required to be registered pursuant to section
3A(2)(c) of the Act (registration of births of abandoned children in register
at the General Register Office) shall be those required in spaces 1 to 6 in
form 8.
30 Noting of previous entry
Where the Registrar General re-registers a birth under
section 3A(5) of the Act the superintendent registrar or registrar having
custody of the register in which the birth was previously registered shall,
when so directed by the Registrar General, note in the margin of the previous
entry the words "Re-registered under section 3A(5) of the Births and
Deaths Registration Act 1953 on .. .. ", inserting the date of the
re-registration as notified by the Registrar General.
Part VIII
Registration of Still-Births
31 Particulars to be registered and form of register
The particulars concerning a still-birth required to be
registered pursuant to section 1(1) of the Act shall, subject to the provisions
of this Part of these Regulations, be those required in spaces 1 to 13 in form
9 and that form shall be the prescribed form for registration of still-births
for the purposes of section 5 of the Act (which provides for registration of
births free of charge).
32 Certified and declaration in
connection with registration
(1) The
form of the certificate to be signed, pursuant to section 11(1)(a) of the Act,
by a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife for delivery by
the qualified informant to the registrar shall be form 10.
(2) The
form of the declaration to be made by a qualified informant, pursuant to
section 11(1)(b) of the Act, where no certificate is obtained shall be form 11.
33 Reference to coroner
(1) Where
[the relevant registrar] is given information of an alleged still-birth and he
has reason to believe that the child was born alive he shall report the matter
to the coroner on an approved form.
(2) The
registrar shall not register a still-birth which to his knowledge has been
reported to the coroner until he has received either a coroner's certificate
after inquest or a notification from the coroner that he does not intend to
hold an inquest.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): words in square brackets substituted by SI
1997/844, reg 2(3).
34 Registration where no reference
to coroner
(1) In the
case of a still-birth in respect of which-
(a)
a certificate in form 10 or a declaration in form 11
has been delivered to the relevant registrar;
(b)
a report has not been, and is not required to be, made
to the coroner; and
(c)
before the expiration of three months from the date of
the still-birth the relevant registrar receives personally from a qualified
informant information of the particulars required to be registered concerning
the birth,
the relevant registrar shall forthwith register the birth and
the particulars, if not previously registered, in the presence of the informant
on form 9, entering the particulars required in spaces 1 to 13.
(2)
Regulations 7(2), 9 and 10 shall apply to the completion of form 9 as
they apply to the completion of form 1 but with any necessary modifications, in
particular the following-
(a)
in space 1[a]-
(i)
where a still-born child is found exposed and the date and place of the
still-birth are unknown the registrar shall enter the words "Found .. ..
on .. .. ", inserting the relevant place and date,
(ii) . . .
[(aa)
in space 1(b) (name and surname) any name and surname
given by the informant in respect of the child;]
(b)
in space 2-
(i)
where a certificate in form 10 has been produced, the registrar shall
enter the cause of death precisely as stated in the certificate, followed by
the words "Certified by .. .. " and the name, surname and
qualification of the registered medical practitioner or, as the case may be,
the name and surname of the midwife and the words "Registered
Midwife",
(ii)
where a declaration in form 11 has been produced, the registrar shall
enter the words "Declaration by informant",
and, except where head (ii) applies, the informant shall not
be required to verify the particulars entered in space 2.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (2): letter in square brackets in sub-para (a) inserted,
sub-para (a)(ii) revoked, and sub-para (aa) inserted, by SI 1994/1948, reg 5.
[34A Declaration and registration of
a still-birth under section 9 of the Act]
[(1) In
relation to a still-birth, the officer before whom a declaration for the
purposes of section 9(1) of the Act (giving of information to a person other
than the registrar) may be made shall be any registrar other than the relevant
registrar.
(2) The
officer before whom the declaration is to be made shall-
(a)
enter in the declaration the particulars required to
be registered concerning the still-birth, using an approved form for the
purpose;
(b)
show or read the particulars entered on the form to
the informant and correct any error or omission, requiring the informant to
initial any amendment and then to sign the declaration;
(c)
attest the declaration himself; and
(d)
send the declaration and either the certificate in
form 10 or the declaration in form 11 to the relevant registrar in accordance
with section 11(1B)(b) of the Act.
(3) Except
in a case to which regulation 33 applies, where it appears to the relevant
registrar that the particulars contained in the declaration are in any material
respect not proper to be registered, he shall return the declaration to the
officer before whom it was attested together with a note of the matters in
which it appears to need amendment, and-
(a)
that officer shall then in the presence of the
declarant amend any error by striking out any incorrect particulars and
inserting the correct particulars;
(b)
any amendment so made shall be initialled by the
declarant and the declaration shall be returned to the relevant registrar.
(4) On
receiving the declaration and either the certificate in form 10 or the
declaration in form 11 the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (3), enter the
particulars of the birth in the register in the following manner-
(a)
in spaces 1 and 3 to 13 of form 9, he shall enter the
particulars as appearing in the corresponding spaces of the declaration, except
that where any particulars have been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (3) he
shall enter in the register only the particulars as corrected, omitting any
incorrect particular which has been struck out and the initials of the
declarant;
(b)
in space 2 of form 9, he shall enter the cause of
death and nature of the evidence that the child was still-born-
(i)
if he has received a certificate in form 10, as they appear in that
certificate; or
(ii)
if he has received a declaration in form 11, as they appear in the
corresponding spaces of the declaration for the purposes of section 9(1) of the
Act, except that where those particulars have been corrected in pursuance of
paragraph (3) he shall enter in the register only the particulars as corrected,
omitting any incorrect particular which has been struck out and the initials of
the declarant;
(c)
in space 14 of form 9-
(i)
he shall enter the name of the declarant in the form in which he signed
the declaration and shall add the words "by declaration dated . . .
.", inserting the date on which the declaration was made and signed;
(ii)
if, pursuant to section 9(4) of the Act, a request made under paragraph
(b) or (c) of section 10(1) of the Act was included in the declaration, he
shall after the words required by head (i) make the same addition as, on
completion of registration under regulation 10, would be required under (as the
case may be) head (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (1)(b) of that regulation;
[(iii) if, pursuant to section 9(4A) of the Act, a request
made under section 10ZA of the Act was included in the declaration, he shall
after the words required by head (i) make the same addition as, on completion
of registration under regulation 10, would be required under paragraph (1)(c)
of regulation 10;]
(d)
in space 15 of form 9 he shall enter the date on which
the entry is made; and
(e)
in space 16 of form 9 he shall sign the entry, adding
his official description.]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1997/844, reg 2(4).
Para (4): sub-para (c)(iii) inserted
by SI 2003/3048, reg 6.
Date in force: 1 December 2003: see SI 2003/3048, reg 1(1).
35 Registration on coroner's
notification where no inquest is held
(1) Where,
before the expiration of three months from the date of a still-birth which has
not already been registered, the relevant registrar receives from a coroner
notification that he does not intend to hold an inquest, the registrar shall,
subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), take such action as may be required to
register the still-birth and the particulars on form 9 in the presence of a
qualified informant, entering the particulars required in spaces 1 to 13 in
accordance with Regulation 34(2) [or, if a declaration is made for the purposes
of section 9(1) of the Act, in accordance with regulation 34A(4)].
(2) Where
the coroner-
(a)
certifies in his notification that an examination made
by his direction has disclosed that the child was still-born or that there was
not sufficient evidence to show that the child was born alive; and
(b)
delivers to the registrar a certificate showing the
result of the examination,
the registrar shall enter in space 2 of form 9 the cause of
death precisely as stated in the certificate, followed by the words
"Certified by .. .. after post-mortem held by direction of .. .. ",
inserting respectively the name, surname and qualification of the registered
medical practitioner who made the examination and the name, surname and description
of the coroner.
(3) After
the expiration of three months from its date a still-birth shall not be
registered under this Regulation.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): words in square brackets inserted by SI 1997/844,
reg 2(5).
36 Registration on coroner's
certificate after inquest
(1) Where,
before the expiration of three months from the date of a still-birth, the
relevant registrar receives a coroner's certificate after inquest from which it
appears that the child was born alive, the registrar shall forthwith register
the still-birth and the particulars (whether or not already registered) on form
9 as follows-
(a)
in spaces 1[a, 1b] and 3 to 10, he shall enter,
precisely as stated in the coroner's certificate, the particulars contained in the
certificate as the particulars to be entered in the respective spaces;
(b)
in space 2, he shall enter the cause of death
precisely as stated in the coroner's certificate followed by the words
"Certificate after inquest held on .. .. ", inserting the date of the
inquest as stated in the certificate;
(c)
in spaces 11 and 12 together, he shall enter the name,
surname and description of the coroner;
(d)
he shall draw a line through spaces 13 and 14;
(e)
in space 15, he shall enter the date on which the
entry is made;
(f)
in space 16 he shall sign the entry and add his
official description.
(2) Where
the relevant registrar receives a coroner's certificate as mentioned in
paragraph (1), section 5 of the Act shall apply with the modification that on
receiving the certificate the registrar shall forthwith register the
still-birth in the manner specified in paragraph (1) of this Regulation and, if
it has already been registered, without any alteration of the original entry.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): in sub-para (a) figures in square brackets inserted
by SI 1994/1948, reg 6.
37 Noting of previous entry after
coroner's certificate after inquest
Where, in any case to which Regulation 36 applies, the
registrar ascertains that an entry in respect of the child has previously been
made in any register of live-births, still-births or deaths he shall, after
registering the still-birth in accordance with that Regulation-
(a)
if the previous entry is in a still-birth register in
his custody, write in the margin of the previous entry the words
"Re-registered on coroner's certificate at entry No .. .. ",
inserting the number of the new entry;
(b)
if the previous entry is in a live-birth or death
register in his custody, write in the margin of the previous entry the words
"This entry relates to a still-birth and is registered at entry No .. ..
in the still-birth register No .. .. ", inserting the numbers of the new
entry and of the register;
(c)
if the previous entry is in a live-birth or death
register in the custody of a superintendent registrar, give him a copy of the
new entry together with particulars of the previous entry whereupon the
superintendent registrar shall write in the margin of he previous entry the
words "This entry relates to a still-birth and is registered at entry No
.. .. in the still-birth register No .. .. ", inserting the numbers of the
new entry and of the register;
(d)
if the previous entry is in a still-birth register in
the custody of the Registrar General, send to the Registrar General a copy of
the new entry together with particulars of the previous entry.
Part IX
Disposal of Bodies of Still-Born Children
38 Certificates for disposal
(1) The
form of the certificate of a registrar to be given under section 11(2) of the
Act (preliminaries to disposal of body) that he has registered a still-birth
shall be form 12.
(2) The
certificate of a registrar under section 11(2) of the Act that he has received
notice of a still-birth shall be given on an approved form but a certificate
shall not be given except for the purpose of burial in a burial ground in
England or Wales, and then only-
(a)
where the case is one which is not required to be
reported to the coroner; or
(b)
where the case has been reported to the coroner and
the registrar has been informed by the coroner that he has completed any
investigation which he intends to make and has not issued any order authorising
the disposal of the body.
Part X
Registration of Deaths
39 Particulars to be registered
The particulars concerning a death required to be registered
pursuant to section 15 of the Act shall, subject to the provisions of this Part
of these Regulations, be those required in spaces 1 to 8 in form 13 and that
form shall be the prescribed form for registration of deaths for the purpose of
section 20 of the Act (which provides for registration of deaths free of
charge).
40 Certificate of cause of death
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2)-
(a)
the form of a certificate of cause of death required
to be signed by a registered medical practitioner pursuant to section 22(1) of
the Act shall be-
(i)
except in the case of a child who dies within 28 days of birth, form 14,
(ii)
in the case of such a child, form 15;
(b)
the form of notice of signing of the certificate of
cause of death required by section 22(2) of the Act to be given by the medical
practitioner to a qualified informant shall be form 16.
(2) Where
the place of death is in England but the certificate of cause of death is
issued in Wales-
(a)
the form of the certificate or notice may instead be
the corresponding form (11, 12 or 13 as the case may be) prescribed by
Regulation 2(a) of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations
1987;
(b)
where the corresponding form 11 or 12 is used under
sub-paragraph (a) above the version in Welsh shall be disregarded for any other
purpose of these Regulations.
41 Reference to coroner
(1) Where
the relevant registrar is informed of the death of any person he shall, subject
to paragraph (2), report the death to the coroner on an approved form if the
death is one-
(a)
in respect of which the deceased was not attended
during his last illness by a registered medical practitioner; or
(b)
in respect of which the registrar-
(i)
has been unable to obtain a duly completed certificate of cause of
death, or
(ii)
has received such a certificate with respect to which it appears to him,
from the particulars contained in the certificate or otherwise, that the
deceased was not seen by the certifying medical practitioner either after death
or within 14 days before death; or
(c)
the cause of which appears to be unknown; or
(d)
which the registrar has reason to believe to have been
unnatural or to have been caused by violence or neglect or by abortion or to
have been attended by suspicious circumstances; or
(e)
which appears to the registrar to have occurred during
an operation or before recovery from the effect of an anaesthetic; or
(f)
which appears to the registrar from the contents of
any medical certificate of cause of death to have been due to industrial
disease or industrial poisoning.
(2) Where
the registrar has reason to believe, with respect to any death of which he is
informed or in respect of which a certificate of cause of death has been
delivered to him, that the circumstances of the death were such that it is the
duty of some person or authority other than himself to report the death to the
coroner, he shall either satisfy himself that it has been reported or report it
himself.
(3) The
registrar shall not register any death-
(a)
which he has himself reported to the coroner;
(b)
which to his knowledge it is the duty of any other
person or authority to report to the coroner; or
(c)
which to his knowledge has been reported to the
coroner,
until he has received either a coroner's certificate after
inquest or a notification from the coroner that he does not intend to hold an
inquest.
42 Registration within twelve months
from date of death where no report to coroner
(1) Where-
(a)
a certificate of cause of death has been delivered to
the relevant registrar;
(b)
the death is not one which has been, or is required to
be, reported to the coroner; and
(c)
before the expiration of 12 months from the date of
death the relevant registrar receives personally from any qualified informant
information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the person's
death,
the relevant registrar shall forthwith register the death and
the particulars, if not previously registered, in the presence of the informant
on form 13, entering the particulars required in spaces 1 to 8 in accordance,
where applicable, with the following provisions of this Regulation.
(2) In
space 1 (date and place of death)-
(a)
where a child lived for less than 24 hours, the
registrar shall enter after the date of the child's death the word "Aged
.. .. ", inserting the age in completed hours or, if less than one hour,
in minutes;
(b)
where the date, but not the place, of death is known,
the registrar shall enter the date of death followed by the words "Found
dead .. .. ", inserting the place where the body was found;
(c)
where the place, but not the date, of death is known
the registrar shall enter the words "On or about .. .. ", inserting
the date on which the body was found followed by the place of death;
(d)
where both the date and place of death are unknown,
the registrar shall enter the words "Deceased found on .. ..",
inserting the date on which the body was found followed by the place where it
was found.
(3) In
space 6 (occupation and usual address of deceased person)-
(a)
where the deceased was a child under the age of 16
years, the registrar shall enter the words "son [or daughter] of .. ..
", inserting the name, surname and occupation of the father, if that
information is given, and the name, surname and occupation of the mother
preceded where appropriate by the word "and" so however that if-
(i)
the names and surnames of both parents are to be entered and the surname
of the mother is different from that of the father, and
(ii)
it is within the knowledge of the informant that the mother was known by
the surname of the father at any time during the lifetime of the child,
the registrar shall enter in respect of the mother that
surname followed by her name and surname as at the death of the child preceded
by the word "now" or, if the mother is deceased, the name and surname
as at her death preceded by the word "afterwards";
(b)
where the deceased was a married woman or widow, the
registrar shall, after her occupation enter the words "Wife [or Widow] of
.. .. ", inserting the name, surname and occupation of her husband or
deceased husband.
(4) In
space 8 (cause of death), the registrar shall enter the cause of death
precisely as stated in the certificate of cause of death, followed by the words
"Certified by .. .. ", inserting the name, surname and qualification
of the registered medical practitioner who signed the certificate.
(5) After
entering the required particulars in spaces 1 to 8, the registrar shall call
upon the informant to verify the particulars in spaces 1 to 7.
(6) If any
error has been made in those particulars, the registrar shall, in the presence
of the informant, make the necessary correction as provided in Regulation 54.
(7) The
registrar shall then-
(a)
call upon the informant to sign the entry in space 9;
(b)
enter in space 10 the date on which the entry is made;
and
(c)
sign the entry in space 11, adding his official
description.
[42A Declaration and registration
under section 23A of the Act]
[(1) The
officer before whom a declaration for the purposes of section 23A of the Act
(giving of information concerning a death to a person other than the registrar)
may be made shall be any registrar other than the relevant registrar.
(2) The
officer before whom the declaration is to be made shall-
(a)
enter in the declaration the particulars required to
be registered concerning the death, using an approved form for the purpose;
(b)
show or read the particulars entered on the form to
the informant and correct any error or omission, requiring the informant to
initial any amendment and then to sign the declaration;
(c)
attest the declaration himself; and
(d)
send the declaration to the relevant registrar in
accordance with section 23A(3) of the Act.
(3) Except
in a case to which regulation 41 applies, where it appears to the relevant
registrar that the particulars contained in the declaration are in any material
respect not proper to be registered, he shall return the declaration to the
officer before whom it was attested together with a note of the matters in
which it appears to need amendment, and-
(a)
that officer shall then in the presence of the
declarant amend any error by striking out any incorrect particulars and
inserting the correct particulars;
(b)
any amendment so made shall be initialled by the
declarant and the declaration shall be returned to the relevant registrar.
(4) On
receiving the declaration the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (3), enter
the particulars of the death in the register in the following manner-
(a)
in spaces 1 to 7 of form 13, he shall enter the
particulars as appearing in the corresponding spaces of the declaration, except
that where any particulars have been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (3) he
shall enter in the register only the particulars as corrected, omitting any
incorrect particular which has been struck out and the initials of the
declarant;
(b)
in space 8 of form 13 he shall enter the cause of
death as it appears in the certificate of cause of death delivered to the
registrar under section 22(1) of the Act;
(c)
in space 9 of form 13 he shall enter the name of the
declarant in the form in which he signed the declaration and shall add the
words "by declaration dated . . . .", inserting the date on which the
declaration was made and signed;
(d)
in space 10 of form 13 he shall enter the date on
which the entry is made; and
(e)
in space 11 of form 13 he shall sign the entry, adding
his official description.]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1997/844, reg 3(2).
43 Registration where inquest is not
held
(1) Where,
before the expiration of 12 months from the date of a death which has not been
registered, the relevant registrar is notified by the coroner that he does not
intend to hold an inquest, the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (4), take
such action as may be required to register the death and the particulars on
form 13 in the presence of a qualified informant, entering the particulars
required in spaces 1 to 8, in accordance with Regulation 42(2) to (7) [or, if a
declaration is made for the purposes of section 23A of the Act, in accordance
with Regulation 42A(4)] but subject, in relation to space 8 of form 13 (cause
of death), to paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
(2) Where
the coroner in his notification certifies the cause of death disclose by any
report on a post-mortem examination of the body made by his direction under
[section 19 of the Coroners Act 1988], the registrar shall enter in space 8 of
form 13 the cause of death precisely as stated in the notification followed by
the words "Certified by .. .. ", inserting the name, surname and
description of the coroner followed by the words "after post-mortem
without inquest".
(3) Where
the coroner's notification shows that no post-mortem examination was held by
his direction, and the registrar is unable to obtain delivery of a certificate
of cause of death, he shall enter in space 8 of form 13 the cause of death-
(a)
if the cause is stated in the coroner's notification,
precisely as so stated;
(b)
in any other case, as stated by the informant who
shall then also verify space 8 (as well as spaces 1 to 7).
(4) After
the expiration of 12 months from its date a death shall not be registered under
this Regulation.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): words in square brackets inserted by SI 1997/844,
reg 3(3).
Para (2): words in square brackets
substituted by SI 1989/497, reg 8.
44 Noting of previous entry on
coroner's notification of cause of death
Where the registrar receives a notification as mentioned in
Regulation 43(2) in respect of a death which he has already registered on the
information of a qualified informant-
(a)
if the register containing the entry is in his
custody, he shall, without altering the entry in space 8 of form 13, enter in
its margin the words "Post-mortem without inquest held by the direction of
.. .. ", inserting the name, surname and description of the coroner,
followed by the words "and cause of death disclosed as .. .. ",
inserting the cause of death as certified by the coroner;
(b)
if the register containing the entry is in the custody
of the superintendent registrar, he shall deliver the notification to the
superintendent registrar who shall, without altering the entry of the death, enter
in its margin the particulars required by paragraph (a).
[44A Registration after receipt of
declaration and coroner's notification of cause of death]
[Where the registrar receives a notification as mentioned in
regulation 43(2) in respect of a death in respect of which a declaration has
been made for the purposes of section 23A of the Act, but that death has not
yet been registered, he shall register that death in accordance with regulation
42A and shall enter in the margin of the entry the particulars required by
regulation 44(a).]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1997/844, reg 3(4).
45 Registration after inquest
Where, before the expiration of 12 months from the date of a
death, the relevant registrar receives with reference to that death a coroner's
certificate after an inquest he shall register the death (whether or not it has
already been registered) as follows-
(a)
in spaces 1 to 6 and 8 in form 13, he shall enter the
particulars contained in the certificate, precisely as stated in the
certificate, except that if any person is named in the certificate as having
caused the death his name and surname shall be omitted;
(b)
in space 7-
(i)
subject to head (ii) below, he shall enter the words "Certificate
received from .. .. ", inserting the name, surname and description of the
coroner followed by the words "Inquest held on .. .. ", inserting the
date of inquest as stated in the certificate,
(ii)
if the inquest was adjourned, instead of the words "Certificate
received from" he shall enter the words "Certificate on inquest
adjourned received from",
(c)
he shall draw a line through space 9;
(d)
in space 10, he shall enter the date on which the
entry is made;
(e)
in space 11, he shall sign the entry and add his
official description.
46 Noting of previous entry on
registration after inquest
Where under regulation 45 or 47(4) the registrar receives a
death which has already been registered on the information of a qualified
informant-
(a)
if the registrar has custody of the register
containing the previous entry, he shall, without altering that entry, write in
its margin the words "Re-registered on coroner's certificate at entry No
.. .. ", inserting the number of the new entry;
(b)
where the previous entry is in a register in the
custody of a superintendent registrar, he shall give him a copy of the new
entry together with particulars of the previous entry whereupon the
superintendent registrar shall, without altering the previous entry, write in
its margin the words "Re-registered on coroner's certificate at entry No
.. .. in register No .. .. ", inserting the number of the new entry and of
the register.
47 Registration after twelve months
(1) Where
in respect of a death which occurred more than 12 months previously a relevant
registrar-
(a)
is informed that the death has not been registered; or
(b)
whether or not it has already been registered on the
information of a qualified informant, receives a coroner's certificate upon an
inquest with respect to the death,
he shall make a report to the Registrar General enclosing any
certificate of the cause of death and any coroner's notification that he does
not intend to hold an inquest or coroner's certificate after an inquest.
(2) Except
in a case to which paragraph (1)(b) applies, the registrar shall, in his report
to the Registrar General, state-
(a)
to the best of his knowledge and belief, the
particulars required to be registered concerning the death;
(b)
the source of his information; and
(c)
the name, surname and address of any qualified
informant available to give information for the registration.
(3) On
receiving the Registrar General's written authority to register the death on
the information of a qualified informant, the registrar shall arrange for that
informant to attend at his office and shall register the death in his presence
[or shall enter in the register the particulars of death given in a declaration
made for the purposes of section 23A of the Act, in accordance with regulation
42A].
(4) On
receiving the Registrar General's written authority to register a death in
respect of which the registrar has received a coroner's certificate after an
inquest the registrar shall proceed to register the death.
(5)
Subject to paragraph (6), the provisions of Regulation 42, 43 (other
than paragraph (4)) or 45 (as the case may be) shall apply to registration
under paragraph (3) or (4) as they apply on a registration within 12 months.
(6) In
space, 10, after entering the date on which the entry is made, the registrar
shall enter the words "On the authority of the Registrar General".
NOTES
Amendment
Para (3): words in square brackets inserted by SI 1997/844,
reg 3(5).
Part XI
Disposal of Bodies of Deceased Persons
48 Interpretation of Part XI
In this Part of these Regulations-
"the 1926 Act" means the Births and Deaths
Registration Act 1926;
"certificate for disposal" means any certificate
under subsection (1) of section 24 of the Act (certificates as to receipt of
notice of and as to registration of death) and "certificate for disposal
before registration" means a certificate of a registrar under that
subsection that he has received written notice of a death;
"notification of disposal" means a notification as
to the date, place and means of disposal of the body of a deceased person which
a person effecting the disposal is required by section 3(1) of the 1926 Act to
deliver to the relevant registrar.
49 Certificates and declaration for
disposal
(1) A
certificate for disposal shall be given by the relevant registrar on an
approved form which, for the use of the person effecting the disposal, shall
embody a form of notification of disposal in form 17.
(2) A
registrar shall not give a certificate for disposal before registration except
for the purpose of burial in England or Wales, and then only-
(a)
if the death is one which is not required to be
reported to the coroner; or
(b)
if the death has been reported, unless the registrar has
received a coroner's certificate after inquest or a notification from a coroner
that he does not intend to hold an inquest and the registrar is satisfied that
a coroner's order has not been issued authorising the disposal of the body.
(3) The
form of a declaration for the purpose of the proviso to section 1(1) of the
1926 Act (disposal by burial on declaration that certificate of registrar or
order of coroner has been issued) shall be form 18.
50 Notification of disposal
The person effecting the disposal of the body of a deceased
person shall-
(a)
except where paragraph (b) applies-
(i)
write, sign and date the notification of disposal embodied in form 17 or
in the coroner's order with regard to the deceased, and
(ii)
detach the notification and deliver it to the relevant registrar;
(b)
where a declaration has been made as mentioned in
regulation 49(3), notify the relevant registrar in writing in the terms used in
form 17.
51 Enquiry in default of
notification of disposal
(1) The
period after the issue of a certificate for disposal, or a coroner's order
authorising the disposal of the body, on the expiration of which the registrar
(if he has not previously received a notification for disposal) is required to
make enquiry under section 24(5) of the Act shall be a period of 14 days after
the date of the issue of the certificate of order.
(2) Where
in response to such an enquiry the registrar is informed that the body of the
deceased person has not been disposed of, he shall, unless he is informed that
the body is being held for the purposes of the Anatomy Acts 1832 and 1871 or
the Human Tissue Act 1961, report the matter to the officer responsible for
matters of environmental health for the district in which the body is lying.
(3) Where
after such an enquiry it appears to the registrar that the body has been
disposed of and notification of disposal has not been made to him within the
time required by section 3(1) of the 1926 Act-
(a)
he shall immediately ask the person effecting the
disposal of the body to deliver the notification to him; and
(b)
if the notification is not received within three days
he shall report the matter to the Registrar General.
52 Certificate that death is not
required to be registered
The form of a certificate of a registrar for the purposes of
section 24(2) of the Act that a death is not required to be registered in
England or Wales shall be form 19.
Part XII
Correction of Errors
53 Time when entry is complete
An entry of a birth or death made by a registrar shall for
the purposes of these Regulations be deemed to have been completed when the
registrar has signed the entry and added his official description.
Part XII
Correction of Errors
53 Time when entry is complete
An entry of a birth or death made by a registrar shall for
the purposes of these Regulations be deemed to have been completed when the
registrar has signed the entry and added his official description.
54 Correction of entry before
completion
(1) Where
under these Regulations a registrar is required to correct an error in an entry
of a birth or death before the completion of the entry, he shall, subject to
paragraph (2), make the correction in the following manner-
(a)
if a word is incorrect, he shall strike it out by a
line drawn through it, but so that the word remains legible, and shall write
the correct word above it;
(b)
if in any group of figures one or more is incorrect,
he shall strike out all the figures by a line drawn through them, but so that
they remain legible, and shall write the correct figures above them;
(c)
if a word has been omitted, he shall place a caret
where the omission occurs and above the caret he shall write the omitted word,
except that if there is sufficient space he shall write the word where the
omission occurs and underline it;
(d)
all such corrected errors shall be numbered
consecutively from the beginning of the register starting with "one",
and on making such a correction in the body of the entry and shall repeat the
number in words in the margin of the entry and add his initials;
(e)
if the particulars required to be entered in any two
spaces have been inadvertently transposed, the registrar shall, without any
other correction, write in the margin of the entry a note of the error in the
following form: "The particulars in .. .. and .. .. inadvertently
transposed", inserting the numbers of the spaces and adding his initials.
(2) If it
appears that an error has been made in his signature, the informant shall make
the correction and the registrar shall number the error and make an entry in
the margin as provided in paragraph (1)(d).
55 Correction of minor clerical
errors after completion
(1) Where
it appears or is represented to the superintendent registrar or the registrar
that in any completed entry made on or after 1st April 1969 in a register of
live-births, still-births or deaths in his custody there is any clerical error
to which this Regulation applies he shall, except where paragraph (4) applies,
correct the error as provided in Regulation 54(1)(a), (b), (c) or (e) whichever
is appropriate.
(2) The
clerical errors to which this Regulation applies are-
(a)
any error-
(i)
in spelling any word which is not the name or surname of any person, or
(ii)
consisting of the misplacement or incorrect repetition of any such word,
made on entering the particulars other than by copying from a
document specified in sub-paragraph (f);
(b)
the incorrect statement or omission-
(i)
in the date of registration, of the day or the month (but not both)
provided it is evident from the preceding and succeeding entries which day or
month should have been inserted,
(ii)
of the year of the birth or death to which an entry relates or of the
year of registration (but not of both);
(c)
the omission of all the words required to be added, in
space 14 of a birth entry, by Regulation 10(1)(b)(ii)[, (iii) or (iv)],
13(4)(b), [17(2)(b)(i) or 34A(4)(c)][(ii) or (iii)];
[(cc)
omission of the words required to be added in space 15
of a birth entry by regulation 17(2)(c), 17(4)(c), 20(3)(c), or 22(d);]
(d)
the omission of any of the words (including the date)
required to be added, following the entry of a name in space 17 of a birth
entry, by Regulation 14(2)(a) or (b);
[(e)
the omission of-
(i)
any of the words (including the name, surname and qualification of the
registered medical practitioner) "Certified by .. .. .. .. " required
to be entered, in space 8 of a death entry, by Regulation 42(4),
(ii)
any of the words (including the name, surname and description of the
coroner) "Certificate by .. .. .. .. .. .. after post-mortem without
inquest" required to be entered, in space 8 of a death entry by Regulation
43(2),
(iii) any of the words (including the name, surname and
description of the coroner and the date of inquest) "Certificate received
from .. .. .. .. .. .. Inquest held on .. .. .. .. " required to be
entered, in space 7 of a death entry, by Regulation 45(b)(i),
(iv)
any of the words (including the name, surname and description of the
coroner) "Certificate on inquest adjourned received from .. .. .. .. .. ..
" required to be entered in space 7 of a death entry, by Regulation
45(b)(ii);]
(f)
any error in copying any particulars required to be
copied from-
(i)
a declaration made in accordance with Regulation 13[, 34A or 42A],
(ii)
a certificate of name given in baptism, or a certificate of name given
other than in baptism, delivered in pursuance of section 13(1) of the Act,
(iii) a certificate of cause of death,
(iv)
a doctor's or midwife's certificate of still-birth,
(v)
a coroner's notification after post-mortem without inquest; or
(vi)
a coroner's certificate after inquest;
(g)
any error, in space 14 of a birth entry, in copying
the date of a statutory declaration as required by Regulation 10(1)(b)(ii) [or
(iii)] or 17(2)(b)(i) [or (ii)],
and the references in this paragraph to provisions of these
Regulations include any corresponding provision of regulations revoked by these
Regulations.
(3) Where
any correction is made under paragraph (1), other than one to which paragraph
(4) applies, the superintendent registrar or registrar concerned shall write in
the margin of the entry a note in the following form-
"Error in .. .. corrected on .. .. by me Superintendent
Registrar (or Registrar)", and shall complete and sign the note in the
places provided.
(4) Where
the clerical error relates to an entry required to be made by any of
regulations 20, 22[, 23 and 26A] [and is not one to which sub-paragraph (2)(cc)
applies,] the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall-
(a)
send a report to the Registrar General enclosing a
copy of the entry; and
(b)
correct the entry as directed by the Registrar
General.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (2): in sub-para (c) first and final words in square
brackets inserted by SI 1989/497, reg 9, second words in square brackets
substituted by SI 1997/844, reg 4(3)(a); sub-para (cc) inserted by SI
1997/1533, reg 2(5)(a); sub-para (e) substituted, and words in square brackets
in sub-para (g) inserted, by SI 1989/497, reg 9: in sub-para (f) words in
square brackets inserted by SI 1997/844, reg 4(3)(b).
Para (4): first words in square
brackets substituted by SI 1988/638, reg 3; final words in square brackets
inserted by SI 1997/1533, reg 2(5)(b).
56 Correction of other minor
clerical errors after completion
(1) Where
it appears or is represented to the superintendent registrar or the registrar
that there is any clerical error to which this Regulation applies in a
completed entry made on or after 1st April 1969, on the information of a
qualified informant, in a register of live-births in his custody, he shall
correct the error-
(a)
in the presence-
(i)
of that informant, and
(ii)
where the register is in the custody of the registrar, of the
superintendent registrar; and
(b)
in the manner provided in Regulation 54(1)(a), (b),
(c), or (e) whichever is appropriate.
(2) Where
an error is corrected in accordance with paragraph (1) the superintendent
registrar or registrar concerned shall write in the margin of the corrected
entry a note in whichever of the following forms is appropriate-
"Error in .. .. corrected on .. .. by me .. ..
registrar, in the presence of .. .. and .. .. superintendent registrar",
or
"Error in .. .. corrected on .. .. by me .. ..
superintendent registrar, in the presence of .. .. ",
and shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.
(3)
Subject to paragraph (4), this Regulation applies to the following
clerical errors-
(a)
in a live-birth entry (form 1)-
(i)
in space 1, in the date or place or birth, but not both, provided the
correct place of birth is within the sub-district where the birth was
registered and the correct date of birth is within 3 months of the date of
registration,
(ii)
in space 5, in the father's place of birth,
(iii) in space 6, in the father's occupation,
[(iv) in space 8a, in the mother's place of birth and in
space 8b in the mother's occupation,]
(v)
in space 10, in the mother's usual address,
(vi)
in space 12, in the qualification of the informant, unless neither the
father nor the mother, provided the identity of the informant is clear from the
signature in space 14 and this is consistent with the information in space 4 or
7,
(vii) in space 13, in the usual address of informant,
(b)
in a death entry (form 13)-
(i)
in space 1, in the date or place of death, but not both, provided the
corrected place of death is within the sub-district in which the death was
registered and the corrected date of death is within 12 months of the date of
registration,
(ii)
in space 3, consisting of the omission of the sex of the deceased
provided the sex as corrected is consistent with the name of the deceased in
space 2,
(iii) in space 4, in the deceased's maiden surname,
(iv)
in space 5, consisting of the incorrect statement or omission of one,
but not both, of the date or place of birth but, in the case of an incorrect
statement of the [former] only if the date is not corrected by more than one
year,
(v)
in space 6, consisting of the incorrect statement or omission of the
occupation of the deceased or of the deceased's husband or parents or of the
usual address of the deceased or of the omission of the words "son [or
daughter] of .. .. " and of the names and surnames of the deceased's
parents,
(vi)
in space 7(a), in the informant's name or surname provided this is
consistent with the signature in space 9,
(vii) in space 7(c), in the informant's usual address.
(4) This
Regulation applies only where the qualified informant on whose information the
original entry was made attends to witness the correction.
[(5) Where
a clerical error to which this Regulation applies relates to an entry required
to be made by any of regulations 20, 22, 23 and 26A the superintendent registrar
or the registrar concerned shall-
(a)
send a report to the Registrar General enclosing a
copy of the entry; and
(b)
correct the entry as directed by the Registrar
General.]
NOTES
Amendment
Para (3): sub-para (a)(iv) substituted by SI 1994/1948, reg
7, for sub-para (a)(iiia) , (iv) (as inserted in the case of sub-para (iiia) by
SI 1989/497, reg 10); word in square brackets in sub-para (b)(iv) substituted
by SI 1989/497, reg 10.
Para (5): inserted by SI 1988/638, reg 4.
57 Correction of other clerical
errors after completion
(1) Where
it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that
in a completed entry made on or after 1st April 1969, on the information of a
qualified informant, in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths in
his custody, there is a clerical error other than one to which Regulation [55],
56 or 59(2) applies, he shall send a report to the Registrar General and shall
include with his report-
(a)
such evidence as the Registrar General may require for
the purpose of verifying the facts;
(b)
the name and surname of the qualified informant (if
any) who will be available to witness correction of the error; and
(c)
a copy of the entry.
(2) On
receiving the authority of the Registrar General the superintendent registrar
or the registrar concerned shall correct the error in the manner provided in
Regulation 54(1)(a), (b), (c), or (e), whichever is appropriate, in the
presence of the qualified informant specified in the authority of the Registrar
General.
(3) Where
any correction is made under paragraph (2) the superintendent registrar or the
registrar concerned shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the
following form-
"Error in .. .. corrected on .. .. by me .. ..
Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar), in the presence of .. .. on the
authority of the Registrar General",
and shall complete and sign the note in the places provided
whereupon-
(a)
the informant shall sign the note in the place provided;
and
(b)
the superintendent registrar or the registrar
concerned shall after the signature of the informant add the informant's
qualification for giving information concerning the correction.
(4) Where
no qualified informant is available to witness the correction, the
superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall write in the margin
of the entry a note in the following form (or in such other form as may be
authorised by the Registrar General in any particular case)-
"Error in .. .. corrected on .. .. by me .. ..
Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on the authority of the Registrar
General",
and shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): number in square brackets substituted by SI
1988/638, reg 5.
58 Correction of errors of fact or
substance
(1) Where
it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that
there is an error of fact or substance in a completed entry in a register of
live-births, still-births or deaths in his custody, other than an entry to
which Regulation 59 applies, he shall-
(a)
send a report to the Registrar General giving such
information as the Registrar General may require and enclosing a copy of the
entry; and
(b)
comply with any instructions which the Registrar
General may give for the purpose of verifying the facts of the case and
ascertaining whether there are available two persons qualified to make a
statutory declaration required by section 29(3) of the Act.
(2) On
being informed by the Registrar General that the error may be corrected on
production of such a statutory declaration, the superintendent registrar or the
registrar concerned shall on production to him of the statutory declaration
correct the error in the following manner-
(a)
he shall underline the erroneous matter in the entry;
and
(b)
he shall write in the margin of the entry a note in
the following form (or such other form as the Registrar General may authorise
in any particular case)-
"In No .. .. in .. .. for .. .. read .. .. Corrected on
.. .. by me .. .. Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on production of a
statutory declaration made by .. .. and .. .. ",
and he shall enter the particulars of the correction and of
the declarants and complete and sign the note in the places provided.
59 Correction of error on coroner's
certificate
(1) Where
the superintendent registrar or the registrar having the custody of a register
containing an entry made in pursuance of a coroner's certificate after inquest
receives-
(a)
notification from the coroner of a clerical error in
the certificate in respect of any entry made on or after 1st April 1969; or
(b)
a certificate relating to that entry given by the
coroner pursuant to section 29(4)(a) or (b) of the Act, as to an error of fact
or substance in the certificates after inquest and as to the true facts of the
case,
he shall send a report to the Registrar General, enclosing a
copy of the entry and (as the case may be) of the coroner's certificate and
notification, or of the coroner's certificates, relating to the entry.
(2) Where
the error is a clerical error, the superintendent registrar or the registrar
shall correct the error in the manner provided in Regulation 54(1)(a), (b), (c)
or (e), whichever is appropriate, and shall write in the margin of the entry a
note in the following form-
"Error in .. .. corrected on .. .. by me .. ..
Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on receipt of notification from the
Coroner",
and he shall complete and sign the note in the places
provided.
(3) Where
the error is one of fact or substance the superintendent registrar or the
registrar shall correct the error by-
(a)
underlining the erroneous matter in the entry; and
(b)
writing in the margin of the entry a note in the
following form-
"In No .. .. in .. .. for .. .. read .. .. Corrected on
.. .. by me .. .. Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on the authority of a
certificate from the Coroner",
and he shall complete and sign the note in the places
provided.
60 Correction of clerical errors in
entries made before 1st April 1969
Any clerical error in any entry made before 1st April 1969
shall be corrected as if these Regulations had not been made.
61 Copy of corrected or annotated
entry to be sent to Registrar General
(1) Where
a superintendent registrar or a registrar makes any correction or annotation to
a completed entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths, whether
by marginal note or otherwise, he shall, subject to paragraph (2), within seven
days make and send to the Registrar General a copy of the entry as corrected or
annotated (or both), including a copy of any marginal note, certified by-
(a)
the registrar, if the register containing the entry is
in his custody (and paragraph (b) does not apply); or
(b)
the registrar and the superintendent registrar, if the
register containing the entry is in the custody of the registrar and a
quarterly copy of the entry has been certified; or
(c)
the superintendent registrar, where the register
containing that entry is in his custody,
together, in any case where a birth is re-registered under
section 10A of the Act, with a copy of the new entry, certified by the
registrar who made that entry.
(2)
Paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to a correction or annotation made
by a registrar under Regulations 55 and 56 only if the correction or annotation
is made after the registrar has certified a true copy of the original entry
pursuant to section 26(1)(a) of the Act (quarterly returns).
(3) Where
a registrar has re-registered a birth under either section 10A or [, 14(1) or
14A] of the Act and the previous entry is in a register in the custody of a
superintendent registrar the registrar shall within seven days of the
re-registration provide the superintendent registrar with a certified copy of
the new entry.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (3): words in square brackets substituted by SI
1988/638, reg 6.
Part XIII
Birth and Death Certificates
62 Certificate of registration of birth
The form of certificate for the purposes of section 12 of the
Act (certificate by registrar that he has registered a birth) shall be form 20.
63 Application for short certificate
of birth
(1)
Section 33 of the Act (short certificates of birth) shall not apply in
relation to still-births.
(2) The
particulars to be furnished on an application under section 33(1) of the Act
for a short certificate of the birth (not being a still-birth) of any person
shall be-
(a)
where that person has been adopted and the certificate
is to be in respect of him as an adopted person-
(i)
his name and surname,
(ii)
the date of his birth,
(iii) the name and surname of his adopter or, as the case
may be, his adopters, and
(iv)
the date upon which, and the name of the court by which, the adoption
order was made;
(b)
in any other case-
(i)
his name and surname,
(ii)
the date of his birth,
(iii) the name and surname of his father,
(iv)
the name, surname and maiden surname of his mother, and
(v)
the place of his birth or the place at which his birth was registered.
(3)
Notwithstanding paragraph (2)-
(a)
no particulars shall be required if the application is
made at the time of registering the birth;
(b)
any particulars may be omitted which, in the opinion
of the person to whom the application is made, it is not reasonably practicable
for the applicant to furnish.
64 Form of short certificate of
birth
The form of short certificate of birth to be issued under
section 33 of the Act-
(a)
by a superintendent registrar or registrar, shall be
form 21;
(b)
by the Registrar General, shall be form 22.
65 Compilation of short certificate
of birth
(1) A short certificate of birth under
section 33 of the Act shall be compiled, from the records and registers in the
custody of the Registrar General or from the registers in the custody of the
superintendent registrar or registrar (as the case may be), in accordance with
the following provisions of this Regulation.
(2) In the
case of a certificate in form 21-
(a)
opposite the words "Name and Surname" there
shall be entered-
(i)
where the name and surname are recorded in the birth entry, that name
and surname (being, in a case where these are recorded in both spaces 2 and 17
of form 1, the name and surname recorded in space 17),
(ii)
where the person's name but not his surname is recorded in the entry,
that name (being in a case where this is recorded in both columns 2 and 10 of
the entry, the name recorded in column 10) followed immediately, if the entry
contains a surname which appears from the entry to have been used by his father
or his mother at or after the date of birth, by that surname;
(b)
opposite the words "Sex" and "Date of
Birth" respectively there shall be inserted the relevant particulars from
the birth entry;
(c)
opposite the words "Place of Birth" there
shall be inserted the names of the registration district and sub-district in
which the birth was registered,
so however that if the place of birth is not recorded in the
birth entry, the superintendent registrar or registrar shall remit the
application to the Registrar General.
(3) In the
case of a certificate in form 22 (not being a certificate to which regulation
66 applies)-
(a)
opposite the words "Name and Surname" there
shall be entered-
(i)
where the name and surname are recorded in the entry, that name and
surname,
(ii)
where the person's name but not his surname is recorded in the entry,
that name followed immediately by-
(aa)
if the entry contains a surname which appears from the
entry to have been used by his father or his mother at or after the date of
birth, that surname, or
(bb)
if the entry contains the surname of his adopter or
(as the case may be) his adopters, and the applicant so requests, that surname;
(b)
opposite the word "Sex" there shall be
entered the relevant particulars contained in the birth entry;
(c)
opposite the words "Date of Birth" there
shall be entered the date of birth recorded in the birth entry or, if no date
is recorded, such date (if any) as may appear to the Registrar General from the
information recorded in the birth entry to be the probable date of birth;
(d)
opposite the words "Place of Birth" there
shall be entered such (if any) of the following particulars as may be
appropriate-
(i)
where the register or other record containing the birth entry includes
particulars of the registration district and sub-district in which the birth
occurred or in which the birth is treated under any enactment as having
occurred, the names of that registration district and sub-district,
(ii)
where the birth is recorded as having occurred on a British ship (within
the meaning of section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894), the words "At
Sea" followed by the name of the ship on which the birth occurred,
(iii) where the birth is recorded as having occurred in an
aircraft, the words "In an aircraft" followed by the particulars of
the place of birth in the birth entry,
(iv)
in any other case where the birth entry contains particulars as to the
place of birth, those particulars,
(v)
where the birth entry contains no particulars as to the place of birth,
such particulars (if any) as to the country of birth as the Registrar General
is satisfied can be obtained from any register or record in his custody.
66 Short certificate of birth in
respect of certain children admitted to the Foundling Hospital
(1) The
form of short certificate of birth of a person in substitution for that set out
in the Second Schedule to the Foundling Hospital Act 1953 (which provides for
short certificates of birth for children admitted to the hospital before 30th
January 1948 who on admission were given names and surnames different from
those recorded on registration of their births), shall be form 22.
(2) A
certificate under paragraph (1) shall be compiled as follows-
(a)
opposite the words "Name and Surname" there
shall be entered the name and surname given to the person on his admission to
the Foundling Hospital;
(b)
opposite the word "Sex" there shall be
entered the relevant particulars contained in the birth entry;
(c)
opposite the words "Date of Birth" there
shall be entered the date of birth recorded in the birth entry or, if no date
of birth is recorded, such date (if any) as may appear to the Registrar General
from the information recorded in the entry to be the probable date of birth;
(d)
opposite the words "Place of Birth" there
shall be entered particulars of the person's country of birth.
67 Applications for certificate of
birth or death for certain purposes
(1) Where
a person wishes to make an application for a certificate of a live-birth or
death [where] any enactment specified in paragraph (2) [applies] the
superintendent registrar or the registrar having custody of the register shall
on request provide that person without charge with an approved form.
(2) The
enactments referred to in paragraph (1) are-
(a)
section 10 of the Savings Banks Act 1887;
(b), (c)
. . .
(d)
section 106(1) of the Friendly Societies Act 1974.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): first word in square brackets substituted, and
final word in square brackets inserted, by SI 1989/497, reg 11(1).
Para (2): words omitted revoked by
SI 1989/497, reg 11(2).
68 Certificates of death for certain
purposes
(1) The
relevant officer shall without charge provide with an approved form a person
who wishes to apply for the issue of a certificate of death for the purposes .
. . of Schedule 5 to the 1974 Act.
(2) A
relevant officer shall not issue such a certificate to an applicant unless the
applicant certifies in the application that-
(a)
he is the child, grandchild or stepchild of the person
to whose death the application relates; and
(b)
he is entitled to claim under an insurance taken out
by him on or after 1st January 1924 on the life of that person.
(3) Except
as provided in paragraph (4) more than one certificate of death shall not be
issued to the same person for the purposes . . . of Schedule 5 to the 1974 Act.
(4) Where
a person to whom a death certificate has been issued for the purposes . . .
Schedule 5 to the 1974 makes and delivers to the relevant officer a statutory
declaration stating-
(a)
that the certificate has been lost or destroyed;
(b)
whether any endorsement has been made on the
certificate and, if so, by what registered society, branch or company; and
(c)
that if the original is recovered he will surrender it
for destruction to the superintendent registrar or the registrar,
the relevant officer shall issue to that person a duplicate
of the certificate on an approved form.
(5) Where
the statutory declaration states that on the certificate which the duplicate
replaces an endorsement has been made by a registered society, branch or
company, the relevant officer shall record on the duplicate certificate a
requirement that it is to be produced to that society, branch or company for
the endorsement to be repeated on the duplicate.
(6) Where
a certificate of death is issued under this Regulation the relevant officer
shall keep a record on an approved form of-
(a)
the number of the entry in the register in respect of
which the certificate is issued;
(b)
the serial number of the certificate;
(c)
the name of the person to whom it was issued and his
relationship to the deceased.
(7) In
this Regulation-
(a)
. . .
(b)
"the 1974 Act" means the Friendly Society
Act 1974.
(c)
"the relevant officer" means the
superintendent registrar or the registrar having custody of the register in
which the death is registered.
NOTES
Amendment
Para (1): words omitted revoked by SI 2001/3647, art 5, Sch
3, Pt II, para 22(a).
Date in force: 1 December 2001: see SI 2001/3647, art 1.
Para (3): words omitted revoked by SI 2001/3647, art 5, Sch
3, Pt II, para 22(a).
Date in force: 1 December 2001: see SI 2001/3647, art 1.
Para (4): words omitted revoked by SI 2001/3647, art 5, Sch
3, Pt II, para 22(a).
Date in force: 1 December 2001: see SI 2001/3647, art 1.
Para (7): sub-para (a) revoked by SI 2001/3647, art 5, Sch 3,
Pt II, para 22(b).
Date in force: 1 December 2001: see SI 2001/3647, art 1.
Part XIV
Miscellaneous
69 Information under the Population (Statistics) Act 1938
(1) Where a draft of the particulars to be registered
concerning a birth or death is prepared pursuant to Regulation 3, then, except
in the case of-
(a)
the regulation of the death of a child under the age
of 16 years;
(b)
the registration of a live-birth or death which
occurred more than 12 months previously;
(c)
the re-registration of a birth or death on the authority
of the Registrar General,
the superintendent registrar or registrar concerned shall
require the informant to furnish to him such other particulars specified in the
Schedule to the Population (Statistics) Act 1938 as are appropriate to the
registration and within his knowledge and shall enter the information so
furnished [on an approved form or, if he has one, on a computer].
(2) The
superintendent registrar or registrar concerned shall show or read to the
informant the particulars entered [on the approved form or, if he has one, on a
computer] and shall correct any error or omission.
NOTES
Amendment
Words in square brackets substituted by SI 1992/2753, reg 5.
70 [Draft of particulars] to be sent
to the Registrar General
(1) The
registrar shall send to the Registrar General [the draft of particulars]
prepared pursuant to Regulations 3 and 69-
(a)
in the case of a live-birth, not later than the
Saturday of the week following the week in which he registered the birth; and
(b)
in the case of a still-birth or death, not later than
the Saturday of the week in which he registered the still-birth or death.
(2) With
[the draft of particulars] referred to in paragraph (1)(b) there shall be sent-
(a)
[Part V] of any coroner's certificate after inquest
furnished under section 23(1) of the Act;
(b)
[Part V] of any coroner's certificate after inquest
adjourned furnished under section 20(4) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926;
(c)
any coroner's certificate as to the result of criminal
proceedings furnished under section 20(5) or 20(7)(b) of that Act,
together with such particulars as are necessary to identify
the entry and register to which that information relates.
NOTES
Amendment
Regulation heading: words in square brackets substituted by
SI 1992/2753, reg 6.
Words in square brackets substituted
by SI 1992/2753, reg 6.
[70A Transmission of draft
particulars]
[The draft particulars referred to in regulations 3, 11, 69
and 70 may, if prepared on approved forms be sent on such forms, or, if
prepared on a computer, be transmitted on a computer disk or via a telephonic
link.]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1992/2753, reg 7.
71 Quarterly returns
For the purposes of section 26(1) of the Act (quarterly
returns to be made by registrars to superintendent registrars)-
(a)
the forms of a true copy of all the entries of
live-births, still-births and deaths made in the registers during a period
shall be forms 1, 9 and 13 respectively and any such copy shall be certified by
the registrar completing a form in form 23, signing and dating the form in the
space provided;
(b)
the form of certificate that no birth, still-birth or
death has been registered in a sub-district during that period shall be form
24.
72 Offences and proceedings
(1) If it
appears to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that any offence under or
breach of-
(a)
the Act or the Population (Statistics) Act 1938; or
(b)
so far as they relate to the registration of births
and deaths, the Perjury Act 1911 or the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981,
has been committed, he shall report
the matter to the Registrar General and shall deliver to the Registrar General
such documents in his possession relating to the offence or breach as the
Registrar General may require.
(2) Except
with the authority of the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar shall
not commence any proceedings in respect of an offence under the Act.
73 Revocation and transitional
provisions
(1) The
regulations specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations are hereby
revoked to the extent mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule.
(2) Any
form prescribed by any regulation revoked by paragraph (1) which is not also
prescribed by any preceding provision of these Regulations but which is in use
immediately before the commencement of these Regulations for any purpose for
which these Regulations provide may continue to be used for that purpose as a
prescribed form under these Regulations up to and including 31st December
1988.
SCHEDULE 1
PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS
EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS
Column (1) Provision
Column (2) Relevant amendments
1. Births and Deaths Registration
Act 1926
section 1(1)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, Schedule 1
section 3(1)
section 12 (meaning of
"prescribed")
Schedule 1,
2. Industrial Assurance and Friendly
Societies Act 1948
paragraph 4
Friendly Societies Act 1974,
Schedule 9, paragraph 14(b)
3. Births and Deaths Registration
Act 1953
section 1(1)
Children Act 1975, Schedule 3,
paragraph 13(1)
section 3A(2)(c)
Children Act 1975, section 92
section 5
Children Act 1975, Schedule 3,
paragraph 13(1);
section 7(1)
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages
(Fees) Order 1968, Schedule 2
section 9(1), (2)
Children Act 1975, Schedule 4 Part
VI
section 9(5)
Children Act 1975, section
93(3)
section 10(b)(i)
Family Law Reform Act 1969, section
27(1)
section 10A(1)
Children Act 1975, section
93(2)
section 11(1)
Population (Statistics) Act 1960,
section 2(1);
section 11(2)
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors
Act 1979, Schedule 7, paragraph 7
section 12
Population (Statistics) Act 1960,
section 3(3)
section 13(1)
Registration of Births, Deaths and
Marriages (Fees) Order 1968, Schedule 2
section 14(1)
Registration of Births, Deaths and
Marriages (Fees) Order 1968, Schedule 2
section 14(4)
Legitimation (Re-registration of
Birth) Act 1957, section 112;
section 15
Children Act 1975, Schedule 3,
paragraph 13(3);
section 20
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973,
Schedule 1, paragraph 1(b)
section 21(1)
Registration of Births, Deaths and
Marriages (Fees) Order 1968, Schedule 2
section 22(1), (2)
Registration of Births, Deaths and
Marriages (Fees) Order 1968, Schedule 2
section 23(2), (3)
section 24(1), (2), (4), (5)
section 26(1)
section 29(2)
section 33
section 39
section 41 (meaning of
"prescribed" and "the Minister")
4. Registration Service Act
1953
section 20(a)
section 21(1) (meaning of
"prescribed" and "the Minister")
5. Foundling Hospital Act 1953
section 5(2)
6. Welsh Language Act 1967
section 2(2)
7. Friendly Societies Act 1974
Schedule 5, paragraph 5
8. Industrial Diseases
(Notification) Act 1981
section 1
SCHEDULE 2
PRESCRIBED FORMS
Regulation 2(2)(b)
[Form 1
Particulars of Birth]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994 No 1948, reg 8, Schedule.
Regulation 7(1)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 1(1) and 5
BIRTH
Entry No
Registration district
Administrative area
Sub-district
1 Date and place of birth
CHILD
2 Name and surname
3 Sex
4 Name and surname
FATHER
5 Place of birth
6 Occupation
7 Name and surname
MOTHER
8 (a) Place of birth
8 (b) Occupation
9 (a) Maiden surname
9 (b) Surname at marriage if
different from maiden surname
10 Usual address (if different from
place of child's birth)
11 Name and surname (if not the
mother or father)
INFORMANT
12 Qualification
13 Usual address (if different from
that in 10 above)
14 I certify that the particulars
entered above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief
. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Signature of informant
15 Date of registration
16 Signature of registrar
17 Name given after registration,
and surname]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994/1948, reg 8, Schedule.
[Form 2
Declaration/Statement for the Registration/Re-registration of
a Birth]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1997 No 1533, reg 2(6), Sch 1.
[Regulations 8, 16 and 17(3)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 9(5), 10(1)(b)(i) and (c)(i) and 10A(1)(b)(i) and (c)(i)
I, being a person qualified to give
information for the registration of the birth of the undermentioned child, DO
SOLEMNLY DECLARE that the particulars below are those to be registered
concerning the birth, and that the person named in space 4 is the father.
CHILD
1 Date and place of birth
2
2 Name and Surname
3 Sex
FATHER
4 Name and surname
5 Place of birth
6 Occupation
MOTHER
7 Name and surname
8(a) Place of birth
8(b) Occupation
9(a) Maiden surname
9(b) Surname at marriage if
different from maiden surname
10 Usual address (if different from
place of child's birth)
INFORMANT
11 Name and surname (if not the
mother or father)
12 Qualification
13 Usual address (if different from
that in 10 above)
And I made this declaration solemnly
and deliberately, according to the best of my knowledge and belief,
Signature(s) Date
Signed and declared by the above-named declarant(s) in the
presence of
Registrar of Births and Deaths/Superintendent Registrar
Sub-district District ]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1997/1533, reg 2(6), Sch 1.
Form 3
Certificate that Name was Given in Baptism
Regulation 14(1)(a)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 13(1)
I .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. do hereby certify that (according to
the register of Baptisms for .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. now in my
custody)* the male* / female child stated to have been born on the .. .. .. ..
.. .. day of .. .. .. .. .. .. to .. .. .. .. .. .. and .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. was on the .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. .. .. baptised by
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. in the name .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
..
Witness my hand this .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. ..
..
Signature .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
*Officiating Minister/Person having custody of register.
*To be deleted where the certificate is given by the person
who baptised the child.
* Strike out whichever does not apply.
Form 4
Certificate that Name was Given Otherwise than in Baptism
Regulation 14(1)(b)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 13(1)
I .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. being the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. of
the male* / female child born to .. .. .. and .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. on the .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. .. .. whose birth was registered
in the register of births for the sub-district of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. on the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. .. .. do hereby
certify that the said child not having been given a name in baptism was within
twelve months after the registration of his* /her birth given the name .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Witness my hand this .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. ..
.. .. ..
* Strike out whichever does not apply.
[Form 6A
Declaration by Parent on Request for the Registration of a
Birth]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1991 No 2275, reg 7, Schedule, Part II.
[Regulation 9(4) and (4A)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 10(1)(d)-(g)
I, (full name of person giving
information for registration) ..............................................
...........................................................................................................................
of (address)
...............................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
am the ( delete as appropriate)mother/father of the (delete
as appropriate) male/female child born to (full name of child's mother)
...........................................................................................................................
on (date of birth)
........................................................................................................
at (place of child's birth)
.............................................................................................
(Complete the appropriate statement)
I do solemnly declare that the order detailed
below has not been brought to an end or discharged by an order of a court.
(details of order) .
.......................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
I do solemnly declare that the parental
responsibility agreement made on
.........................................................................................................(date)
between ...................................................................................................................
and
.............................................................................
(names of parties to agreement)
in respect of .....................................................................................................................
(child's full name and
surname)
was made in compliance with section 4 of the Children Act
1989 and has not been brought to an end by an order of a court.
Signature
..................................................................................................................
Date
.........................................................................................................................]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1991/2275, reg 7, Schedule, Part II.
[Form 6B
Declaration by Parent on Request for the Re-registration of a
Birth]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1991 No 2275, reg 7, Schedule, Part II.
[Regulation 17(3)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 10A(1)(d)-(g)
I, (full name of person giving
information for registration) ..............................................
...........................................................................................................................
of (address)
...............................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
am the (delete as appropriate) mother/father of (child's full
name and surname)
...........................................................................................................................
born on (date of birth)
................................................................................................
at (place of birth)
.............................................................................................
(Complete the appropriate statement)
I do solemnly declare that the order detailed
below has not been brought to an end or discharged by an order of a court.
(details of order)
.....................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
I do solemnly declare that the parental responsibility
agreement made on
...........................................................................................................
(date)
between
...................................................................................................................
and
.............................................................................
(names of parties to agreement)
in respect of
..............................................................................................................
(child's full name and
surname)
was made in compliance with section 4 of the Children Act
1989 and has not been brought to an end by an order of a court.
Signature
..................................................................................................................
Date
.........................................................................................................................]
NOTES
Amendment
Inserted by SI 1991/2275, reg 7, Schedule, Part II.
Form 7
Particulars of Birth at Sea
Regulation 26(2)(a)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 14(4)
Columns: 1
2
3
4
5
6
No.
Name of ship and Port of
Registry
Official Number
Date of Birth
Name (if any) of child
Sex
Name and Surname of Father
7
8
9
10
11
12
Occupation of Father
Name, Surname and maiden surname of
Mother
Name, Surname and description of
informant
Date of registration
Signature of officer deputed by the
Registrar General to make the entry
Name entered after registration
Form 8
Particulars of Birth of an Abandoned child
Regulation 29
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 3A(2)(c)
Entry in the register of births kept
under section 3A of the births and deaths registration act 1953 Entry no. .. ..
.. ..
1. Place of birth .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Registration district .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sub-district .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2. Date of birth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
3. Name and surname .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
4. Sex .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
5. Date of registration .. .. .. .. .. ..
6. Signature of officer deputed by the registrar general to
attest the entry .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
[Form 9
Particulars of Still-Birth]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994 No 1948, reg 8, Schedule.
[Regulation 31
Births and Deaths Regulation Act
1953, ss 1(1) and (5)
STILL-BIRTH
Entry No
Registration district
Administrative area
Sub-district
1 (a) Date and place of birth
CHILD
2 (b) Name and surname
2 Cause of death and nature of
evidence that child was still-born
3 Sex
4 Name and surname
FATHER
5 Place of birth
6 Occupation
7 Name and surname
MOTHER
8 (a) Place of birth
8 (b) Occupation
9 (a) Maiden surname
9 (b) Surname at marriage if
different from maiden surname
10 Usual address (if different from
place of child's birth)
11 Name and surname (if not the
mother or father)
INFORMANT
12 Qualification
13 Usual address (if different from
that in 10 above)
14 I certify that the particulars
entered above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief
. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Signature of informant
15 Date of registration
16 Signature of registrar]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994/1948, reg 8, Schedule.
Form 10
Medical Certificate of Still-Birth
Regulation 32(1)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 11(1)(a)
I was present at the still-birth of
a male* / female* child born
I have examined the body of a male* / female* child which I
am informed and believed was born
on .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. .. .. to .. .. .. ..
.. .. (name of mother) at (place of birth) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1. The certified cause of death has been confirmed by
post-mortem.*
2. Information from post-mortem may be available later.*
3. Post-mortem not being held.*
Weight of fetus .. .. .. .. .. .. grams
Estimated duration of pregnancy
State
(a)
the number of weeks at delivery .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
..
(b)
when the child died
(i)
before labour*
(ii)
during labour*
(iii) not known*
*Please ring appropriate digit
*Strike out the words that do not
apply
CAUSE OF DEATH
a. Main diseases or conditions in fetus
b. Other diseases or conditions in fetus
c. Main maternal diseases or conditions affecting fetus
d. Other maternal diseases or conditions affecting fetus
e. Other relevant causes
I hereby certify that
(i)
the child was not born alive, and
(ii)
to the best of my knowledge and belief the cause of death
and the estimated duration of pregnancy of the mother were as stated above.
Signature .. .. .. .. .. .. Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
Qualifications as registered by
General Medical Council, or Registered no. as Registered Midwife .. .. .. .. ..
..
Address .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
For still-births in hospital:
Please give the name of the consultant responsible for the
care of the mother.
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
[Form 11
Declaration as to Still-Birth]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994 No 1948, reg 8, Schedule.
[Regulation 32(2)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 11(1)(b)
Date of still-birth .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. ..
Place of still-birth. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
Name and surname of mother of
still-born child .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
..
Usual address of mother of child ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Reason why a certificate that the
child was not born alive cannot be obtained from a registered medical
practitioner or registered midwife .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
I, declare that the particulars
stated above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that the
child mentioned above was not born alive.
Signature
Date
State whether "Mother",
"Father", of the child or in what other capacity liable to give
information concerning the still-birth.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994/1948, reg 8, Schedule.
Form 12
Certificate that Registrar has Registered Still-Birth
Regulation 38(1)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 11(2)
I, the undersigned registrar, do
hereby certify that I have this day registered the birth of the still-born
child of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. which took place on .. .. ..
.. .. .. at .. .. .. .. .. ..
Entry No. .. .. .. .. .. .. Signature of registrar .. .. ..
.. .. ..
Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
Registration District .. .. .. .. .. .. Sub-District .. .. ..
.. .. ..
Form 13
Particulars of Death
Regulation 39
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, ss 15 & 20
DEATH
Entry No. .. .. .. ..
Registration district .. .. .. .. ..
.. Administrative area .. .. .. ..
Sub-district .. .. .. .. .. ..
1. Date and place of death .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2. Name and surname .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
3. Sex .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
4. Maiden surname of woman who has married .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
5. Date and place of birth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
6. Occupation and usual address .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
7. (a) Name and surname of informant
(b)
Qualification .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
(c)
Usual address .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
8. Cause of death
9. I certify that the particulars given by me above are true
to the best of my knowledge and belief .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Signature of
informant
10. Date of registration .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
11. Signature of registrar .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Form 14
Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Except for Child Dying
within 28 Days of Birth
Regulation 40(1)(a)(i)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 22(1)
Name of deceased .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. ..
Date of death as stated to me .. ..
.. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. .. .. Age as stated to me .. .. .. .. .. ..
Place of death .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Last seen alive by me .. .. .. .. ..
.. day of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
(Please ring appropriate digit(s) and letter.)
1. The certified cause of death takes account of information
obtained from post-mortem.
2. Information from post-mortem may be available later.
3. Post-mortem not being held.
4. I have reported this death to the Coroner for further
action.
a. Seen after death by me.
b. Seen after death by another medical practitioner but not
by me.
c. Not seen after death by a medical practitioner.
CAUSE OF DEATH
The condition thought to be the "Underlying Cause of
Death" should appear in the lowest completed line of Part I.
I (a) Disease or condition directly leading to death .. .. ..
.. .. ..
(b)
Other disease or condition, if any, leading to I(a) ..
.. .. .. .. ..
(c)
Other disease or condition, if any, leading to I(b) ..
.. .. .. .. ..
II Other significant conditions CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEATH but
not related to the disease or condition causing it. .. .. .. .. .. ..
These particulars not to be entered in death register
Approximate interval between onset and death
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Please tick where applicable.
The death might have been due to or contributed to by the
employment followed at some time by the deceased.
*This does not mean the mode of dying, such as heart failure,
asphyxia, asthenia, etc: it means the disease, injury, or complication which
caused death.
I hereby certify that I was in medical attendance during the
above named deceased's last illness, and that the particulars and cause of
death above written are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature .. .. .. .. .. .. Qualifications as
registered by General Medical Council
Residence .. .. .. .. .. ..
Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
For deaths in hospital: Please give the name of the
consultant responsible for the above named as a patient .. .. .. .. .. ..
Form 15
Medical Certificate of Cause of Death for Child Dying within
28 Days of Birth
Regulation 40(1)(a)(ii)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 22
Name of child .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. Sex .. .. .. ..
Date of death .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. .. ..
Age at death .. .. .. .. .. .. days (complete period of 24
hrs) .. .. .. hours
Place of death .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Place of birth .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Last seen alive by me .. .. .. .. .. .. day of .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Please ring appropriate digit(s) and letter
1. The certified cause of death has been confirmed by
post-mortem.
2. Information from post-mortem may be available later.
3. Post-mortem not being held.
4. I have reported this death to the Coroner for further
action.
a. Seen after death by me.
b. Seen after death by another medical practitioner but not
by me.
c. Not seen after death by a medical practitioner.
CAUSE OF DEATH
a. Main diseases or conditions in infant .. .. .. .. .. ..
b. Other disease or conditions in infant .. .. .. .. .. ..
c. Main maternal diseases or conditions affecting infant ..
.. .. .. .. ..
e. Other relevant causes .. .. .. .. ..
I hereby certify that I was in medical attendance during the
above-named deceased's last illness, and that the particulars and cause of
death above written are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature .. .. .. .. .. .. Date .. .. .. .. ..
Qualifications as registered by
General Medical Council .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Address .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
For deaths in hospital:
Please give the name of the consultant responsible for the
above-named as a patient.
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Form 16
Medical Practitioner's Notice to Informant of Death
Regulation 40(1)(b)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 22(2)
I hereby give notice that I have
this day signed a medical certificate of cause of death of .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
Signature .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Date .. .. ..
.. .. ..
This notice is to be delivered by the informant to the
registrar of births and deaths for the sub-district in which the death
occurred.
Form 17
Notification
Regulation 49(1)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 3(1)
This is to notify that the body of
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. deceased, who died on .. .. .. .. .. .. at
.. .. .. .. .. .. was buried/cremated* on .. .. .. .. .. .. at .. .. .. .. ..
..
Signature .. .. .. .. .. ..
on behalf of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
*Strike out whichever does not apply
Form 18
Declaration that Certificate or Order has been Issued
Regulation 49(3)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 1(1)
I, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. of .. .. .. .. .. .. in pursuance of the Births and Deaths Registration Act
1926, declare:-
(1)
That I am the person procuring the burial of the body
of .. .. .. .. .. .. who died at .. .. .. .. .. .. on the .. .. .. .. .. ..
(2)
that a registrar's certificate* / coroner's order
authorising burial was issued by the registrar* / coroner .. .. .. .. .. .. at
.. .. .. .. .. .. to .. .. .. .. .. .. living at .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. on .. .. .. .. .. ..; and,
(3)
that the reason why the said document cannot be
delivered before burial is that
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
I make this declaration believing the same to be true.
Signature of declarant .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. ..
Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
*Strike out whichever does not apply
Form 19
Certificate that Death is not Required to be Registered
Regulation 52
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 24(2)
I, the undersigned registrar, hereby
certify that, on the information declared before me, it appears that the death
of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. is not required by law to be registered in
England or Wales.
Date .. .. .. .. .. .. Signature .. .. .. .. .. .. Registrar
of Births and Deaths
Registration District .. .. .. .. .. .. Sub-District .. .. ..
.. .. ..
[Form 20
Certificate of Registration of Birth]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994 No 1948, reg 8, Schedule.
[Regulation 62
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 12
I, the undersigned, do hereby
certify that the birth of a male*/female child (still-) born on the has been
duly registered by me at Entry No..
in my Register No .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Name of informant .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
..
Qualification of informant .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
...
Date .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Signature of registrar.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .
District .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sub-District .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .
*Strike out whichever does not
apply]
NOTES
Amendment
Substituted by SI 1994/1948, reg 8, Schedule.
Form 21
Short Certificate of Birth
Regulation 64(a)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 33
Name and Surname .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. ..
Sex .. .. .. .. .. ..
Date of Birth .. .. .. .. .. ..
Place of Birth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
I, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Superintendent Registrar for .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the sub-district of .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. in Registration District of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. do
hereby certify that the above particulars have been compiled from an entry in a
register in my custody.
Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Superintendent Registrar (Registrar of Births and Deaths)
Form 22
Form of Short Certificate of Birth for Issue by the Registrar
General
Regulation 64(B), 66(1)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 33; Foundling Hospital Act 1953, s.5(2)
Name and Surname .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
Sex .. .. .. .. .. ..
Date of Birth .. .. .. .. .. ..
Place of Birth .. .. .. .. .. ..
Certified to have been compiled from records in the custody
of the Registrar General, Given at the General Register Office under the Seal
of the said Office, the day of
Form 23
Quarterly Return of Live-Births, Still-Births and Deaths
Regulation 71(a)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 26(1)(a)
I, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. registrar of births and deaths in the sub-district of .. .. .. .. .. .. in
the* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .., do hereby certify that this is a true
copy of the register book(s) of live-births/still-births/deaths* within the
said sub-district from entry no. .. .. .. .. .. .., book no. .. .. .. .. .. ..
to entry no. .. .. .. .. .. .. book no. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Signature of registrar .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
..
Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
I have examined the copies of the above entries, have
compared them with the said register book(s) and hereby certify them to be true
copies.
Signature of superintendent registrar .. .. ..
.. .. ..
Date .. .. .. .. .. ..
*Insert particulars as in headings in register book.
*Strike out whichever does not
apply.
Form 24
Certificate of No Registration
Regulation71(b)
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953, s 26(1)(b)
Registration District .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. Sub-District .. .. .. .. .. ..
I hereby certify that no
live-birth/still-birth/death has been registered in the
live-birth/still-birth/death register now kept by me in the above-named
sub-district during the quarter ended .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
The number of the last entry recorded in the register before
that date is .. .. .. .. .. ..
Date .. .. .. .. .. .. Signature of registrar .. .. .. .. ..
.. ..