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Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc., England And Wales

Made 7th October 2020

Laid before Parliament 12th October 2020

Coming into force 9th November 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 65A, 71A(1)(h) and (2) and 74(3) of the Marriage Act 1949^f1 and sections 34A, 38A(1)(c) and (2) and 39A(1)(a) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953^f2.

In accordance with section 65A(5) of the Marriage Act 1949 and section 39A(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, before making these Regulations the Secretary of State has consulted the Registrar General.

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f1: 1949 c. 76 (12 & 13 Geo 6). Section 65A was inserted by section 99(1) of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) and has been amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19) (“the 2016 Act”). Section 71A was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 to the 2016 Act. The title of section 74 was amended by SI 2009/2821. Section 74(3) was inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).
f2: 1953 c. 20 (1 & 2 Eliz 2). Section 34A was inserted by section 98(2) of the Deregulation Act 2015 and amended by paragraph 28 of Schedule 15 to the 2016 Act. Section 38A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 15 to the 2016 Act. Section 39A was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 17 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24).