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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.
Made
24th September 1997
Coming into force
1st January 1998
The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 13(1), 16(1) and (2), 18(1) and (2), 18A(1), 19(2), 21(2), 21(4) and (5), 22(1), 24(1), 25(1) and (2), 27(1) and (3), 28A(3), 32(1), 40(2), 43(3), (4) and (5), 48, 54(1)(b) and 56 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and with the approval of the Secretary of State under section 54 of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998.
2.-(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-�
"the Act" means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965;
"birth" does not include a still-birth;
"name" means Christian name or forename;
"district registrar" has the same meaning as in the Act;
"still-born child" means a child which has issued forth from its mother after the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy and which did not at any time after being completely expelled from its mother breathe or show any other signs of life; and the expression "still-birth" shall be construed accordingly.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations-�
(a)to a numbered section is to a section bearing that number in the Act; and
(b)to a numbered Schedule is to a Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.
3. The register of births shall be comprised of forms in the style set out in Schedule 1 and the particulars concerning births required by section 13(1) to be registered shall be the particulars required for the completion of each such form.
4. The register of still-births shall be comprised of forms in the style set out in Schedule 2 and the particulars concerning still-births required by section 13(1) to be registered shall be the particulars required for the completion of each such form.
5. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 3.
6. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 16(2) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 4.
7. The abbreviated certificate of birth prescribed for the purposes of sections 19(2) and 40(1) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 5.
8. The certificate prescribed for the purposes of section 21(2)(a) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 6.
9. The declaration prescribed for the purposes of section 21(2)(b) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 7.
10. The certificate prescribed for the purposes of section 21(4) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 8.
11. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 21(5) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 9.
12. The register of deaths shall be comprised of forms in the style set out in Schedule 10 and the particulars concerning deaths required by section 22(1) to be registered shall be the particulars required for the completion of each such form.
13. The certificate prescribed for the purposes of section 24(1) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 11.
14. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 25(1) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 12.
15. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 25(2) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 13.
16. The certificate prescribed for the purposes of section 27(1) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 14.
17. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 27(3) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 15.
18. The abbreviated certificate of birth prescribed for the purposes of section 40(2) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 16.
19. The register of marriages shall be comprised of forms in the style set out in Schedule 17.
20. The certificate prescribed for the purposes of section 43(3) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 18.
21. The application prescribed for the purposes of section 43(4) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 19.
22. The application prescribed for the purposes of section 43(5) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 20.
23. The declaration prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1)(b)(i)(aa) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 21.
24. The declaration prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1)(c)(i) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 22.
25. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 18(2) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 23.
26. The prescribed form of notice for the purposes of section 18A(1) shall be in the form set out in Schedule 24.
27. The Register of Divorces shall comprise entries in respect of divorce and of declarator of nullity of marriage in the form of extracts, numbered by the Registrar General, of the relevant decrees.
28. The Register of Corrections Etc. shall comprise insertions in the form set out in Schedule 25.
29. The notice prescribed for the purposes of section 48 shall-�
(a)in respect of a decree of divorce or nullity of marriage be in the form of an extract of the decree;
(b)in the respect of a decree of declarator altering the status of a person be in the form set out in Schedule 26.
30. The Regulations specified in Schedule 27 are hereby revoked so far as still in force.
James Meldrum
Registrar General for Scotland
New Register House,
Edinburgh
22nd September 1997
Approved by the Secretary of State
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
24th September 1997
Regulation 3
Regulation 4
Regulation 5 Form 3
Regulation 6 Form 4
Regulation 7
Regulation 8 Form 6
Regulation 9 Form 7
Regulation 10 Form 8
Regulation 11 Form 9
Regulation 12
Regulation 13 Form 11
Regulation 14 Form 12
Regulation 15 Form 13
Regulation 16 Form 14
Regulation 17 Form 15
Regulation 18
Regulation 19
Regulation 20 Form 21
Regulation 21 Form 23
Regulation 22 Form 24
Regulation 23 Form 26
Regulation 24 Form 27
Regulation 25 Form 25a
Regulation 26 Form 25
Regulation 28
Regulation 29 Form 29
Regulation 30
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Regulations revoked | References |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1965((2) | S.I. 1965/1839 |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1971((3) | S.I. 1971/1158 |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1984((4) | S.I. 1984/43 |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1984((5) | S.I. 1984/266 |
| The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc. (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1986 | S.I. 1986/21 |
| The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc. (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1986 | S.I. 1986/1984 |
| The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc. (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990 | S.I. 1990/85 |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992 | S.I. 1992/2186 |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994((6) | S.I. 1994/3151 |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/3157 |
| The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 | S.I. 1997/512 |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate with only minor drafting amendments and revoke the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1965 and the Regulations amending those Regulations. Minor amendments include changes to the style and layout of the forms.
1965 c. 49; section 18 was amended by sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), and section 18A inserted by sub-paragraph (4), of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9); section 28A was inserted by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), section 50(1); section 32(1) was amended by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), Schedule 2, paragraph 8; in section 40(2), the references to "the Adopted Children Register maintained under section 22(1) of the Adoption Act 1958" and to "adoption" are to be read, in relation to parental orders and applications for such orders, in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2804); section 43 was repealed in part by the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50), Schedule 2 and amended and repealed in part by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 12 and Schedule 5; section 56 contains a definition of "prescribed" relevant to the exercise of statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
Partially revoked by S.I. 1992/2186.
Partially revoked by S.I. 1986/21.
