# The Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W

Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc., England And Wales
Civil Partnership, England And Wales
Made 13th October 2016
Laid before Parliament 14th October 2016
Coming into force 7th November 2016
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34A and section 38A(1)(c), (2) and (5) and 39A(1)(a) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, section 65A, 71A(1)(h) and (5) and 74(3) of the Marriage Act 1949, sections 34(1)(e) and (2) and 258(2) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and section 9(4)(e), (f), (5)(ba) and (5C), and section 18(4)(a) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
In accordance with section 65A(5) of the Marriage Act 1949, before making these Regulations the Secretary of State has consulted the Registrar General.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/980/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships-records-regulations-2016/introduction
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.