# The Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016, Regulation 2: Provision of the information contained in a birth record in electronic format

Extent: E+W

(1) The Registrar General may provide a record of information contained in an entry in the Registrar General’s certified copies of entries in the birth register, in electronic format, following—
(a) a request for the Registrar General to search for the entry and provide the record of information, or
(b) a request made via the online view service.
(2) A request for the Registrar General to undertake a search and provide information under paragraph (1)(a) must be made via the website for the General Register Office.
(2A) A record of information provided by the Registrar General in response to a request made via the online view service must be provided via the website for the General Register Office.
(3) The Registrar General may charge a fee for each record provided under paragraph (1) ... and the fee charged is payable to the Registrar General.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/980/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships-records-regulations-2016/regulation-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.