{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011.json",
  "id": "nia/2011/20",
  "title": "Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "short_title": "Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "long_title": "An Act to amend the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and the Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; to provide for access to information relating to marriages and civil partnerships and information contained in the Adopted Children Register and the Gender Recognition Register, for the notification of the registration of marriages and civil partnerships, for the Registrar General to supply commemorative documents and for a register called the Record of Northern Ireland Connections; and for connected purposes.",
  "citation": "2011 nia 20",
  "type": "nia",
  "year": "2011",
  "number": "20",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2011-05-03",
  "revised": true,
  "valid_from": "2012-11-16",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "unapplied_effects": 1,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/births",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Births",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/1",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Registration of births",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/births"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/2",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Infant children found exposed",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/births"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Issue of notice for information concerning births",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/births"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/4",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Registration of father where parents not married",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-4",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/births"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/stillbirths",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Still-births",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/5",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": "Time limit on registration of still-births",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-5",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/stillbirths"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/6",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": "Registration of still-births where parents not married",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-6",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/stillbirths"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/legitimated-persons",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Legitimated persons",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/7",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "7",
      "heading": "Re-registration of births of legitimated persons",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-7",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/legitimated-persons"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/declarations-of-parentage",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Declarations of parentage",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/8",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "8",
      "heading": "Re-registration of births after declaration of parentage",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-8",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/declarations-of-parentage"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/deaths",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Deaths",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/9",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "9",
      "heading": "Registration of deaths",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-9",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/deaths"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/10",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "10",
      "heading": "Issue of notice for information concerning deaths",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-10",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/deaths"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/11",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "11",
      "heading": "Short death certificate",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-11",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/deaths"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Other amendments of the 1976 Order",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/12",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "12",
      "heading": "Discharge of functions of the Registrar General",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-12",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/13",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "13",
      "heading": "Reproduction of registers and replacement of lost registers, etc.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-13",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/14",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "14",
      "heading": "Access to information relating to births and deaths",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-14",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/15",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "15",
      "heading": "Correction of errors in registers",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-15",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/16",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "16",
      "heading": "Registration or alteration of child's name",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-16",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/17",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "17",
      "heading": "Certified copies",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-17",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/18",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "18",
      "heading": "Issue of short birth certificate",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-18",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/19",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "19",
      "heading": "Notification of births and deaths",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-19",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/20",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "20",
      "heading": "Entries in registers as evidence",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-20",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/21",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "21",
      "heading": "Refusal to give information",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-21",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/22",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "22",
      "heading": "Fees payable for searches, certified copies, etc.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-22",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/other-amendments-of-the-1976-order"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/miscellaneous",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Miscellaneous",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/23",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "23",
      "heading": "Access to information relating to marriages and civil partnerships",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-23",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/24",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "24",
      "heading": "Notification of registration of marriages and civil partnerships",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-24",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/25",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "25",
      "heading": "Access to information in the Adopted Children Register",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-25",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/26",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "26",
      "heading": "Access to information in the Gender Recognition Register",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-26",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/27",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "27",
      "heading": "Notification of entry in the Register of Presumed Deaths",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-27",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/28",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "28",
      "heading": "Access to information in the Register of Presumed Deaths",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-28",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/29",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "29",
      "heading": "Correction of errors in the Register of Presumed Deaths",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-29",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/30",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "30",
      "heading": "Commemorative documents",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-30",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/31",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "31",
      "heading": "Record of Northern Ireland Connections",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-31",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/supplementary",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Supplementary",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/32",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "32",
      "heading": "Interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-32",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "prospective",
      "parent": "crossheading/supplementary"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/33",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "33",
      "heading": "Repeals",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-33",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/supplementary"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/34",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "34",
      "heading": "Commencement",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-34",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/supplementary"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/35",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "35",
      "heading": "Short title",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-35",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/supplementary"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "EVENTS WHICH MAY BE RECORDED UNDER SECTION 31",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
      "extent": "N.I.",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
      "extent": "N.I.",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
      "extent": "N.I.",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
      "extent": "N.I.",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "REPEALS",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2011-05-05",
      "size": 128994,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/pdf/nia_20110020_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/20/pdfs/nia_20110020_en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "title": "Explanatory Note",
      "main": false,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2011-06-10",
      "size": 135399,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/pdf/niaen_20110020_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/20/pdfs/niaen_20110020_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affected_provisions": "s. 25(3)",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. 5"
    }
  ],
  "made_under": [],
  "changes_made_to": 42,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 72,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 2,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:45.813882+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}