Registration (Births, Still-Births and Deaths) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, ETC. Registration (Births, Still-Births and Deaths) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
1. (2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Registration (Births, Still-births and Deaths) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973[2] and unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation or schedule is a reference to the regulation or schedule bearing that number in the principal Regulations.
2. ""the 1976 Order" means the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976" . (2) In the principal Regulations for the words "the informant" and "an informant" wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words "the qualified informant" and "a qualified informant" whichever is appropriate.
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11.—(1) The particulars to be registered concerning a birth shall be the particulars required to be entered in form 1. (2) The surname to be entered shall be that by which at the date of the registration of the birth it is intended that the child shall be known. (3) If more than one living child is born at a confinement the time of birth shall be entered after the date of birth. (4) If the birth is that of a living infant child found exposed and the date of birth is unknown then, subject to Article 11(3) of the 1976 Order, the approximate date of birth shall be entered. (5) If the birth is that of a living infant child found exposed and the place of birth is unknown, then details of the place where, and the date on which, the child was found shall be entered. (6) If the father has acquired a surname different from that borne by him at the date of the birth, the name and surname as at the date of birth shall be entered, followed by the surname subsequently acquired. (7) If the father is deceased, the word "deceased" shall be entered following his surname. (8) If the parents of the child were not married to each other at the time of the birth, details of the father's occupation shall not be entered unless his name has been entered as the father in accordance with Article 14(3) of the 1976 Order. (9) If the mother has acquired a surname different from that borne by her at the date of the birth, there shall be entered the name and surname as at the date of the birth, followed by the surname subsequently acquired."
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7. (2) For paragraph (1) of regulation 16, there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— "(1) The form of a declaration made by the mother of the child for the purposes of Article 14(3)(b)(i) of the 1976 Order shall be form 4. (1A) The form of a declaration made by the father of the child for the purposes of Article 14(3)(c)(i) of the 1976 Order shall be form 4A. (1B) The form of a declaration made by the mother or the father of the child for the purposes of paragraph (3)(d)(ii), (3)(e)(ii), (3)(f)(ii) and (3)(g)(ii) of Article 14 of the 1976 Order shall be form 4B" .
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11. (2) In regulation 34(2)(b) for the words from "regulations" to "(as they are" there shall be substituted the words "regulation 12 (as it is". (3) After regulation 34 there shall be inserted the following regulation—
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Notes: [1] S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14) as amended by Article 3 of the Still-birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, S.I. 1992/1310 (N.I. 10) and paragraphs 83 to 88 of Schedule 9 to the Children (N.I.) Order 1995, S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2) back [2] S.R. 1973 No. 373 back |
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