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Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 103 Cited in Amendments 26 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1987/2088
Year1987
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
    • (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
    • “the Act” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953;
    • “approved form” means a form approved by the Registrar General for the purpose for which it is used;
    • “certificate of cause of death” means a certificate required to be signed by a medical practitioner pursuant to section 22(1) of the Act;
    • “coroner” includes a deputy coroner and an assistant deputy coroner;
    • “description”, in relation to a coroner, means his official designation and the area of his jurisdiction;
    • “entry” means a record of the particulars relating to a live-birth, still-birth or death completed by the registrar in the appropriate spaces in form 1, 9 or 13;
    • “inquest” includes an inquest which has been adjourned under section 20(1) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926
      • (whether or not the inquest is subsequently resumed) ;
    • “maiden surname”, in relation to a woman who has married, means the surname under which she contracted her marriage or, if married more than once, her first marriage;
    • “name”, in relation to a person, excludes surname;
    • “name, surname and qualification”, in relation to a registered medical practitioner who has issued a certificate of cause of death, means his name and surname as stated on the certificate and his registered professional qualification;
    • “relevant registrar” and “relevant superintendent registrar”, in relation to the registration of a birth or death, mean (subject to paragraph (3) (b) below) the registrar of the sub-district, and the superintendent registrar of the district, in which the birth or death occurred.
    any reference to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that Regulation bearing that number;any reference to a numbered form is to the form bearing that number in Schedule 2 to these Regulations and any reference to a numbered space in a form is to the space bearing that number in that form.the date of the still-birth or of the death of the deceased person, is to be construed as a reference to the date on which the still-born child or the deceased was found;the place where the still-birth or death occurred is, if the place is unknown, to be construed as a reference to the place where the still-born child or the deceased was found.(1) Before commencing registration of a birth or death in the presence of a qualified informant the registrar shall, except where paragraph (2) applies, prepare a draft on an approved form of the particulars to be entered in the register.(2) Before a qualified informant makes a declaration under Regulation 11, 12 or 13 or a statement under Regulation 17(3) (a) the officer before whom the declaration or statement is to be made shall prepare a draft on an approved form of the particulars to be entered in the register.(3) Having prepared a draft of the particulars in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) the officer shall show or read to the informant those particulars as entered on the form and shall correct any error or omission.
  • Where during the registration of a birth or death it appears to the registrar that he cannot enter the particulars required in any space on the appropriate form, other than space 17 on form 1, he shall, subject to any other provision of these Regulations, draw a line in ink though that space before the informant is called upon to certify the entry.
  • under any provision of these Regulations a person is required to sign a register, declaration or statement in the presence of a superintendent registrar or a registrar;
  • that person makes a mark or signs in characters other than those used in the English or Welsh language,
    • in accordance with Regulation 36, 45 or 47(4) ; orwhere the Registrar General gives his authority.if there is no material difference in the particulars recorded, he shall write in the margin of every entry but the original the words “Inadvertently re-registered. For correct entry see No…Register No…”, inserting the number of the original entry and the number of the register in which it is recorded;if there is any material difference, he shall report the matter to the Registrar General and shall make such note in the margins of all or any of the entries as the Registrar General may authorise.(3) Where a birth or death is re-registered on the authority of the Registrar General, the registrar making the new entry and the registrar or superintendent registrar having custody of the register in which the original entry was made shall make such notes, if any, in the margin of the respective entries as the Registrar General may authorise.(1) The particulars concerning a live-birth required to be registered pursuant to section 1(1) of the Act shall, subject to the provisions of these Regulations, be those required in spaces 1 to 13 in form 1 and that form shall be the prescribed form for registration of

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