# The Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016 and come into force on 7th November 2016.
(2) In these Regulations—
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“online view service” means a service provided via the website for the General Register Office which allows a person to—
(a)search via that website for an entry in the Registrar General’s certified copies of entries, and
(b)if the search locates the entry, submit a request via that website to view a record of information contained in that entry in electronic format;
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/980/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships-records-regulations-2016/regulation-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.