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S C H E D U L E |
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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS |
| | 1. The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 has effect subject to the following amendments.
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| | 2. In section 10(1) (registration of father where parents not married), for "the registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person" substitute "no person shall be registered".
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| | 3. - (1) Section 10A (re-registration where parents not married) is amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (1) (cases where registrar shall re-register), for "registrar shall re-register the birth" substitute "birth shall be re-registered".
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(3) After subsection (2) insert-
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"(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply in relation to re-registration in the register of live-births kept by the Registrar General under section 24A of this Act."
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| | 4. In section 13 (registration of name of child or of alteration of name), after subsection (1) insert-
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"(1A) If the child's birth has been registered in the register of live-births kept by the Registrar General under section 24A of this Act, he shall enter the name mentioned in the certificate in that register."
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| | 5. In section 14 (re-registration of births of legitimated persons), after subsection (4) insert-
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"(4A) Where a birth is re-registered under this section in such circumstances as may be prescribed, provision may be prescribed for the making by the Registrar General of an entry in the register of live-births kept by him under section 24A of this Act."
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| | 6. In section 14A (re-registration after declaration of parentage), after subsection (2) insert-
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"(3) Where a birth is re-registered under this section in such circumstances as may be prescribed, provision may be prescribed for the making by the Registrar General of an entry in the register of live-births kept by him under section 24A of this Act".
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| | 7. - (1) Section 30 (indexes kept by Registrar General) is amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (1A) (index of register kept under section 3A), for "register kept by him under section 3A" substitute "registers kept by him under sections 3A and 24A".
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(3) In subsection (2) (entitlement to search indexes and obtain copy of certified copy on payment), after "said certified copies" insert "or registers".
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(4) In subsection (3) (disapplication of section in relation to certified copies of entries in registers of still-births)-
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(a) after "registers of still-births" insert "or to the register of still-births kept by the Registrar General under section 24A of this Act", and |
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(b) at the end insert "or in the register of still-births kept by him under section 24A of this Act." |
| | 8. - (1) Section 34 (entry in register as evidence of birth or death) is amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (2) (requirement that entry must have been signed to have evidential value), after "certified copy of a register," insert "or a certificate as to particulars contained in an entry of a birth or death".
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(3) In subsection (6) (copies provided by General Register Office to be stamped or sealed)-
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(a) after "General Register Office" insert ", or any certificate given in that Office under section 33 of this Act,", |
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(b) after "of an entry", in the second place, insert ", or any certificate given under section 33 of this Act,", and |
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(c) after "no certified copy" insert "or certificate". |
