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[F3(1A)Every registered medical practitioner or [F2certified midwife][F2registered midwife] who is present at a still–birth or examines the body of a still–born child shall, at the request of any person who is a qualified informant as to the birth, give to that person a certificate for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection.]
[F4(1B)Where information of the particulars required to be registered concerning a still-birth is given by means of a declaration in writing in accordance with section 9(1) of this Act—
(a)subsection (1) of this section shall apply to the person by whom the declaration is made as if the references to the registrar were to the officer in whose presence the declaration is made; and
(b)that officer shall send the certificate delivered, or the declaration made, under that subsection to the registrar.]
(2)The registrar upon registering a still–birth shall, if so required, give either to the informant or to the person who has control over, or who ordinarily effects the disposal of bodies at, the place at which it is intended to dispose of the child’s body a certificate under his hand in the prescribed form that he has registered the still–birth, but may, on receiving written notice of the still–birth accompanied by such a certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of [F5subsection (1) of this section], before registering the still–birth give to the person sending the notice a certificate that he has received notice of the still–birth; and any certificate given under this subsection shall be given without fee.
(3)A registrar by whom a certificate has been given under the last foregoing subsection may, upon receiving a satisfactory explanation of any circumstances by reason of which the certificate is not available for the purposes of the enactments relating to the disposal of the bodies of dead persons, issue . . . F6 a duplicate thereof either to the person to whom the original certificate was given or to the person effecting the disposal; and any such duplicate certificate shall be in a distinctive form.
F1S. 11(1)(a) substituted by Population (Statistics) Act 1960 (c. 32), s. 2(1)
F2Words “registered midwife” substituted for words “certified midwife” by Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36), s. 24(2), Sch. 7 para. 7
F3S. 11(1A) inserted by Population (Statistics) Act 1960 (c. 32), s. 2(2)
F4S. 11(1B) inserted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/2395, art. 2(3)
F5Words substituted by Population (Statistics) Act 1960 (c. 32), s. 3(3)
F6Words repealed by S.I. 1968/1242, Sch. 2
At the time of registering the birth of any child, the registrar shall, if so required by the informant of the birth . . . F1 give to the informant a certificate under his hand in the prescribed form that he has registered the birth.
(1)Where, before the expiration of twelve months from the date of the registration of the birth of any child, the name by which it was registered is altered or, if it was registered without a name, a name is given to the child, the registrar or superintendent registrar having the custody of the register in which the birth was registered, upon delivery to him at any time of a certificate in the prescribed form signed—
(a)if the name was altered or given in baptism, either by the person who performed the rite of baptism or by the person who has the custody of the register, if any, in which the baptism is recorded, or
(b)if a name has not been given to the child in baptism, by the father, mother or guardian of the child or other person procuring the name of the child to be altered or given,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 shall, without any erasure of the original entry, forthwith enter in the register the name mentioned in the certificate as having been given to the child, and, after stating upon the certificate the fact that the entry has been made, shall forthwith send the certificate to the Registrar General together with a certified copy of the entry of the birth with the name added under this subsection.
(2)Where the name of a child is altered or given in baptism, the person who performed the rite of baptism or who has the custody of any register in which the baptism is recorded shall issue the certificate required under this section on payment of a fee not exceeding [F2£1.00].
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(4)This section shall not apply in relation to a still–born child.
F1Words repealed by S.I. 1968/1242, Sch. 2
F2Fee in s. 13(2) payable: (1.4.1990) by virtue of S.I. 1990/65, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1991) by S.I. 1990/2515, art. 3); (1.4.1991) by virtue of S.I. 1990/2515, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/99, art. 3); (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/99, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1992/2982, art. 3); (1.4.1993) by virtue of S.I. 1992/2982, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1994) by S.I. 1993/3116, art. 3); (1.4.1994) by virtue of S.I. 1993/3116, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by S.I. 1994/3257, art. 4); (1.2.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/3257, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3152, art. 3); (1.4.1996) by virtue of S.I. 1995/3152, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3152, art. 3); (1.4.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1996/3152, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/2939, art. 3); (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/2939, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/3171, art. 3); (1.4.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1998/3171, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.2000) by S.I. 1999/3311, art. 3); (1.4.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1999/3311, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.2003) by S.I. 2002/3076, art. 3); (1.4.2003) by virtue of S.I. 2002/3076, art. 2, Sch.
F3S. 13(3) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5
(1)Where, in the case of any person whose birth has been registered in England or Wales, evidence is produced to the Registrar General which appears to him to be satisfactory that that person has become a legitimated person . . . F1 the Registrar General may authorise at any time the re–registration of that person’s birth, and the re–registration shall be effected in such manner and at such place as may be prescribed:
Provided that, except where—
(a)the name of a person [F2stating] himself to be the father of the legitimated person has been entered in the register in pursuance of section ten [F3or 10A] of this Act; or
(b)the paternity of the legitimated person has been established . . . F4 by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(c)a declaration of the legitimacy of the legitimated person has been made under [F5section 45 of the M1Matrimonial Causes Act 1973][F6or section 56 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987],
the Registrar General shall not authorise the re–registration unless information with a view to obtaining it is furnished by both parents.
(2)Where the Registrar General believes any person to have become a legitimated person . . . F1 on the marriage of his parents, and the parents or either of them fail to furnish within a period of three months from the date of the marriage such information, if any, as may be necessary to enable the Registrar General to authorise the re–registration of that person’s birth, the Registrar General may at any time after the expiration of the said period require the parents or either of them to give him such information concerning the matter as he may consider necessary, verified in such manner as he may direct, and for that purpose to attend personally either at a registrar’s office or at any other place appointed by him within such time, not being less than seven days after the receipt of the notice, as may be specified in the notice.
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(4)This section shall apply with the prescribed modifications in relation to births at sea of which a return is sent to the Registrar General.
[F8(5)This section shall apply and be deemed always to have applied in relation to all persons recognised by the law of England and Wales as having been legitimated by the subsequent marriage of their parents whether or not their legitimation or the recognition thereof was effected under any enactment.]
F1Words repealed by Legitimation (Re–registration of Birth) Act 1957 (c. 39), s. 1(2)
F2Words substituted by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42, SIF 49:7), s. 33(1), Sch. 2 para. 16(a)
F3Words inserted by Children Act 1975 (c. 72), Sch. 3 para. 13(3)
F4Words repealed by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42, SIF 49:7), s. 33(1),Sch. 2 para. 16(b)
F5Words substituted by virtue of Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), Sch. 1 para. 1(b)
F6Words added by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42, SIF 49:7), s. 33(1), Sch. 2 para. 16(c)
F7Ss. 6(3), 7(2), 14(3), 21(2) repealed by S.I. 1968/1242, Sch. 2
F8S. 14(5) added by Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31), Sch. 1 para. 6
C1S. 14 extended by Legitimation (Re–registration of Birth) Act 1957 (c. 39), s. 1(1), amended by Adoption Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 5), s. 27 and Adoption Act 1964 (c. 57), s. 3(4): amended by Adoption Act 1968 (c. 53), s. 8(4) and Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36), s. 74(2), Sch. 1
C2S. 14(1)(2): power to delegate certain functions conferred (18.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/962, art. 2(1)(2)(a)(ii)(3)
M11973 c. 18.
(1)Where, in the case of a person whose birth has been registered in England and Wales—
(a)the Registrar General receives, by virtue of section [F255A(7) or 56(4)] of the M1Family Law Act 1986, a notification of the making of a declaration of parentage in respect of that person; and
(b)it appears to him that the birth of that person should be re–registered,
he shall authorise the re–registration of that person’s birth, and the re–registration shall be effected in such manner and at such place as may be prescribed.
(2)This section shall apply with the prescribed modifications in relation to births at sea of which a return is sent to the Registrar General.]
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953