Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1504

The Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

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1992 No. 1504

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC
ENGLAND AND WALES

The Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

The Registrar General, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 10(1), 10A(1), 39 and 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953^[1], as extended by sections 2(2) and 3 of the Welsh Language Act 1967^[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval^[3] of the Secretary of State for Wales^[4], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st August 1992.

    (2)  In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987^[5] and unless the context otherwise requires any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or the Schedule bearing that number in the principal Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 2
    2.    In regulation 2(a) (prescribed forms for registration of births and deaths) for the words "that is to say forms 1 to 6" there shall be substituted the words "that is to say forms 1 to 6B".

Amendment of Schedule 2
    3.    In Schedule 2 (prescribed forms)—
 (a) in the contents, after the entry relating to form 6 there shall be inserted the following entries in the first, second, third and fourth columns respectively—

Form	Description	Statutory purpose	Corresponding form in principal regulations
6A	Declaration by parent on request for the registration of a birth	the Act, section 10(1)(d) to (g)	6A
6B	Declaration by parent on request for the re-registration of a birth	the Act, section 10A(1)(d) to (g)	6B

 (b) for form 6 there shall be substituted the form 6 in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations; and
 (c) after form 6 there shall be inserted forms 6A and 6B in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 3
    4.    Schedule 3 (prescribed words)—
 (a) for the entry "Reg. 10(b)(ii)" in column 1 there shall be substituted the entry "Reg. 10(1)(b)(ii)",
 (b) for the entry "Reg. 10(b)(iii)" in column 1 there shall be substituted the entry "Reg. 10(1)(b)(iii)",
 (c) for the entry "Reg. 10(b)(iv)" in column 1 there shall be substituted the entry "Reg. 10(1)(b)(iv)",
 (d) after that entry relating to regulation 10(1)(b)(iv) there shall be inserted the following entries in columns (1), (2) and (3) respectively—

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulations	Form of words required	Welsh version
Reg. 10(1)(b)(v)	Pursuant to section 10(1)(e) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10(1)(e) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 10(1)(b)(vi)	Pursuant to section 10(1)(f) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10(1)(f) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 10(1)(b)(vii)	Pursuant to section 10(1)(g) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10(1)(g) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

 (e) in the second entry relating to regulation 13(4)(b)(ii) there shall be inserted under the entry "Pursuant to section 10(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953" the following entries in columns (2) and (3) respectively—

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulations	Form of words required	Welsh version
	Pursuant to section 10(1)(e) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10(1)(e) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
	Pursuant to section 10(1)(f) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10(1)(f) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
	Pursuant to section 10(1)(g) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10(1)(g) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

 (f) after the entry relating to regulation 17(2)(b)(iii) there shall be inserted the following entries in columns (1), (2) and (3) respectively—

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulations	Form of words required	Welsh version
Reg. 17(2)(b)(iv)	Pursuant to section 10A(1)(e) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(e) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 17(2)(b)(v)	Pursuant to section 10A(1)(f) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(f) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 17(2)(b)(vi)	Pursuant to section 10A(1)(g) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(g) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

 (g) in the entry relating to regulation 17(4)(b)(ii) there shall be inserted under the entry "Pursuant to section 10A(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953" the following entries in columns (2) and (3) respectively—

(1)	(2)	(3)
Regulations	Form of words required	Welsh version
	Pursuant to section 10A(1)(e) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(e) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
	Pursuant to section 10A(1)(f) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(f) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
	Pursuant to section 10A(1)(g) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953	Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(g) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

Given under my hand on
24th June 1992

P. J. Wormald

Registrar General

I approve

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

24th June 1992

[1] 1953 c. 20. See section 41 for the definitions "the Minister" and "prescribed". Section 1(1) was amended by section 108 and paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 3 to the Children Act 1975 (c. 72). Sections 10 and 10A were substituted by sections 24 and 25 respectively of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42) and were further amended by section 108(4) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) ( see S.I. 1991/828 (c.19)). back

[2] 1967 c. 66. back

[3] The approval of the Secretary of State is required by virtue of section 39 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. back

[4] Article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order ( see S.I. 1968/1699) transferred all functions of the Minister for Health to the Secretary of State for Social Services and Article 2(1) of the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 ( seeS.I. 1988/1843) transferred certain of those functions, including those in relation to the registration of births and deaths to the Secretary of State for Health. back

[5] S.I. 1987/2089 amended by S.I. 1988/687 and 1989/511. back

Explanatory Note