Regulation 2 Provision of the information contained in a birth record in electronic formatF6I1
England and Wales
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 request for the Registrar General to search for the entry and provide the record of information, or
a request made via the online view service.
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.
The Registrar General may charge a fee for each record provided under paragraph (1) F5... and the fee charged is payable to the Registrar General.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Reg. 2(1) substituted (9.11.2020) by The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Records and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1093), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)
- F2
Word in reg. 2(2) inserted (9.11.2020) by The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Records and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1093), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(c)(i)
- F3
Words in reg. 2(2) substituted (28.5.2024) by The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees and Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/598), regs. 1(2), 7(3) (with reg. 8)
- F4
Reg. 2(2A) inserted (9.11.2020) by The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Records and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1093), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(d)
- F5
Words in reg. 2(3) omitted (16.2.2019) by virtue of The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) and Multilingual Standard Forms Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1268), regs. 1(2), 7(a)
- F6
Word in reg. 2 heading substituted (9.11.2020) by The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Records and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1093), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)
Commencement
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Reg. 2 in force at 7.11.2016, see reg. 1(1)