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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c.20)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

1953 CHAPTER 20 1_and_2_Eliz_2

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Registration of Births

    1. 1. Particulars of births to be registered

    2. 2. Information concerning birth to be given to registrar within forty–two days

    3. 3. Information concerning finding of new–born child to be given to registrar within forty–two days

    4. 3A. Registration of births of abandoned children

    5. 4. Registrar’s power to require information concerning birth

    6. 5. Registration of births free of charge

    7. 6. Registration between three and twelve months from date of birth

    8. 7. Registration after twelve months from date of birth

    9. 8. Penalty for improper registration after three months from date of birth

    10. 9. Giving of information to a person other than the registrar

    11. 10. Registration of father where parents not married

    12. 10A. Re–registration where parents not married

    13. 11. Special provision as to registration of still–birth

    14. 12. Certificate of registration of birth

    15. 13. Registration of name of child or of alteration of name

    16. 14. Re–registration of births of legitimated persons

    17. 14A. Re–registration after declaration of parentage

  2. Part II

    Registration of Deaths

    1. 15. Particulars of deaths to be registered

    2. 16. Information concerning death in a house

    3. 17. Information concerning other deaths

    4. 18. Notice preliminary to information of death

    5. 19. Registrar’s power to require information concerning death

    6. 20. Registration of death free of charge

    7. 21. Registration of death after twelve months

    8. 22. Certificates of cause of death

    9. 23. Furnishing of information by coroner

    10. 23A.Giving of information concerning a death to a person other than the registrar

    11. 24. Certificates as to registration of death

  3. Part III

    General

    1. Registers, certified copies, etc

      1. 25. Provision of registers, etc., by Registrar General

      2. 26. Quarterly returns to be made by registrar to superintendent registrar

      3. 27. Quarterly returns by superintendent registrar to Registrar General

      4. 28. Custody of registers, etc

      5. 29. Correction of errors in registers

      6. 29A. Alternative procedure for certain corrections

    2. Searches and Certificates

      1. 30. Searches of indexes kept by Registrar General

      2. 31. Searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars

      3. 32. Searches in registers kept by registrars

      4. 33. Short certificate of birth

      5. 34. Entry in register as evidence of birth or death

    3. Offences

      1. 35. Offences relating to registers

      2. 36. Penalties for failure to given information, etc

      3. 37. Penalty for forging certificate, etc

      4. 38. Prosecution of offences and application of fines

    4. Miscellaneous

      1. 39. Regulations

      2. 40. Sending documents by post

      3. 41. Interpretation

      4. 42. Savings, etc

      5. 43. Repeals and consequential amendments

      6. 44. Short title, extent and commencement

  4. FIRST SCHEDULE

    Consequential Amendments of other Enactments

  5. SECOND SCHEDULE

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the registration of births and deaths in England and Wales with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.

[14th July 1953]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Power to amend Act conferred by Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (c. 14), s. 5, Sch. 3; power to extend Act conferred by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 41(4)(5)

C2Act extended (prosp.) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 78(4), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8)

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 30.9.1953 see s. 44(3)

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