# Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Article 43: Offences relating to registers


(1) Any registrar who refuses, or, without reasonable cause, fails to register any birth or death or particulars in respect of which a qualified informant has given information, which he ought to register, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) Any person who registers or causes to be registered any birth in contravention of Article 13 or death in contravention of Article 24 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(3) Any person who, having the custody of any register, negligently loses or damages it or allows it to be damaged shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1041/article/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-43
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