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Make
provision about the registration of births and deaths where
particulars |
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are given in Welsh and English;
to permit certificates of particulars of entries |
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of registers of births and
deaths to be in Welsh or English only in such |
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circumstances; and for connected
purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Registration
where particulars are given in Welsh |
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(1) |
After section 24 of the
Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953 (c. 20) (“the 1953 |
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Act”) (certificates
as to registration of death) insert— |
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“24A |
Registers
of births and deaths in England and Wales of which |
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particulars
are given in Welsh |
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(1) |
If the registrar in England
receives a declaration or statement made |
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under
section 9 or 23A of this Act in Welsh (as well as in English)
to a |
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prescribed
officer in Wales who could understand and write Welsh, the |
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registrar
shall (as well as registering or re-registering the birth or
death |
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concerned)
send the declaration or statement to the Registrar General. |
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(2) |
The Registrar General
shall keep at the General Register Office registers |
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of
live-births, still-births and deaths in which shall be entered
in both |
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English
and Welsh the particulars contained in declarations and |
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statements
sent to the Registrar General under subsection (1) of this |
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(2) |
After section 32 of the
1953 Act (searches in registers kept by registrars) |
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“32A |
Single
language certified copies of bilingual entries |
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Where
an entry has been made in any register in both English and |
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Welsh,
a certified copy of the entry provided under section 30, 31
or 32 |
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of
this Act may, if the person to whom it is provided so requests,
consist |
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of
a copy of only the English or only the Welsh version of the
entry.” |
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Certificates
of prescribed particulars |
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(1) |
For section 33 of the 1953
Act (short certificate of birth) substitute— |
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“33 |
Certificates
of prescribed particulars in register |
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(1) |
Any person shall, on
furnishing the prescribed information and on |
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payment
of such fee as may be specified, be entitled to obtain a |
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certificate
as to such of the particulars contained in any entry of a birth
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or
death in a register as may be prescribed. |
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(2) |
A certificate may be obtained— |
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(a) |
from the Registrar General
if he has custody of the register or of |
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a
certified copy of the entry; and |
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(b) |
from a superintendent
registrar or registrar if he has custody of |
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(3) |
A certificate shall be
in the prescribed form and compiled in the |
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(4) |
In subsection (1) of
this section “specified” means specified by order
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made
by the Secretary of State; and an order under this subsection
may |
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make
different provision in relation to different descriptions of
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certificates
or provision limited to particular descriptions of certificates. |
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(5) |
The power to make orders
under subsection (4) of this section shall be |
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exercisable
by statutory instrument which shall be subject to |
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annulment
in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
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The Schedule (which contains
amendments to the Act consequential on |
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sections 1 and 2) has effect. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act maybe cited as
the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh |
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(2) |
Sections 1 and 2 and the
Schedule shall come in to force on such a day as the |
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Secretary of State may
by order appoint; and different days may be appointed |
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(3) |
This Act does not extend
to Scotland or Northern Ireland. |
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Consequential amendments
to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 |
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The 1953 Act has effect
subject to the following amendments. |
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2 |
In section 10(1) (registration
of father where parents not married or of |
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second female “parent
where parents not civil partners), for “the registrar
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shall not enter in the
register the name of any person” insert “no person
shall |
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In section 10(1B) (registration
of father where parents not married or of |
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second female parent
where parents not civil partners), for “the registrar
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shall not enter in the
register the name of any woman” insert “no woman
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4 (1) |
Section 10ZA (registration
of father or second female parent by virtue of |
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certain provisions
of Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Act 2008 (c. 22)) |
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(2) |
In subsection
(1) for “the registrar shall not enter” insert “no
entry shall be |
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(3) |
In subsection
(2)(a) for “the registrar to make” insert “that”
and after “such |
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an entry”
insert “should be made”. |
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5 (1) |
Section 10A (re-registration
where parents neither married nor civil |
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partners) is amended
as follows. |
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(2) |
In subsection
(1) for “registrar shall re-register the birth”
insert “birth shall |
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(3) |
In subsection
(1B) for “registrar shall re-register the birth”
insert “birth shall |
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(4) |
After subsection
(2) insert— |
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“(3) |
Subsection (2) of this
section shall not apply in relation to re- |
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registration
in the register of live births kept by the Registrar General
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under
section 24A of this Act.” |
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In section 13 (registration
of name of child or of alteration of name) after |
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“(1B) |
If the child‘s
birth has been registered in the register of live births |
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kept
by the Registrar General under section 24A of this Act, the
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Registrar
General shall enter the name mentioned in the certificate in
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In section 14 (re-registration
of births of legitimated persons) after |
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“(4A) |
Where a birth is re-registered
under this section in such |
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circumstances
as may be prescribed, provision may be prescribed for |
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the
Registrar General of an entry in the register of live-births
kept by |
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the
Registrar General under section 24A of this Act.” |
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In section 14A of the
Act (re-registration after declaration of parentage) after |
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“(3) |
Where a birth is re-registered
under this section in such |
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circumstances
as may be prescribed, provision may be prescribed for |
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the
Registrar General of an entry in the register of live-births
kept by |
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the
Registrar General under section 24A of this Act.” |
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9 (1) |
Section 30 of the
Act (searches of indexes kept by the Registrar General) is |
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(2) |
In subsection
(1A) after “section 3A” insert “and 24A”. |
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(3) |
In subsection
(2) after “said certified copies” insert “or
registers”. |
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(a) |
after “registers
of still-births” insert “or to the register of still-births
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kept by the Registrar
General under section 24A of this Act”, and |
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(b) |
at end insert
“or in the register of still-births kept by him under
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section 24A of
this Act.” |
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10 (1) |
Section 34 (entry
in register as evidence of birth or death) is amended as |
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(2) |
In subsection
(2) after “certified copy of a register” insert
“or a certificate as |
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to particulars
contained in an entry of a birth or death”. |
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(a) |
after “General
Register Office” insert “, or any certificate given
in that |
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Office under section
33 of this Act”; |
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(b) |
after “of
an entry”, in the second place, insert “, or any
certificate |
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given in that
Office under section 33 of this Act”; and |
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(c) |
after “no
certified copy” insert “or certificate”. |
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