Deregulation (Correction of Birth and Death Entries in Registers or Other Records) Order 2002
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2002/1419 |
| Year | 2002 |
2002 No. 1419
DEREGULATION
The Deregulation (Correction of Birth and Death Entries in Registers or Other Records) Order 2002
Made 23th May 2002
Coming into force 24th July 2002
Whereas—
(a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer is of the opinion that certain provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 19531and the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 19572impose burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending the provisions concerned it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens without removing any necessary protection;
(b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;
(c) it appears to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;
(d) a document setting out the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s proposals has been laid before Parliament as required by section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19943and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;
(e) the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had regard to the representations made during that period;
(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of those representations and the changes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s proposals in the light of those representations; and
(g) a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Now, therefore, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Correction of Birth and Death Entries in Registers or Other Records) Order 2002 and shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is made.
Amendment of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
2.—(1) In subsection (3) of section 29 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (correction of errors in registers)4—
(a)
(a) after “then” insert “either”, and
(b)
(b) at the end insert “or, where it applies, in accordance with section 29A of this Act”.
(2) After that section insert—
“Alternative procedure for certain corrections.
29A.—(1) This section applies where, in an entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths, a person is wrongly shown as the father of the person to whose birth or death the entry relates.
(2) Where this section applies, the statutory declaration required by section 29(3) of this Act may be made—
(a)
(a) in default of two qualified informants, by one qualified...
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