# The Civil Registration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Regulation 13: Further provision in relation to the manner in which required particulars are to be given by unmarried parents


(1) Where both the mother of a child and the father or second female parent of that child attend a Register Office separately they shall attend at the same Register Office, before the expiration of a period of 42 days from the date of birth ; and in this regulation references to the “other parent” of a child are to the child’s father or second female parent.
(2) Where the other parent of a child attends a Register Office before the mother of that child, and gives the required particulars in relation to the birth of that child to the registrar, the registrar shall not cause an entry containing those particulars to be made in relation to the birth of that child unless the mother, before the expiration of the period of 42 days from the date of the birth —
(a) attends at the Register Office at which the other parent has given the required particulars,
(b) verifies that the particulars given by the other parent are correct, and
(c) in the case of any particulars given in relation to the name of the other parent of the child, confirms that she wishes the particulars so given to be entered in the register.
(3) Where the mother of a child attends a Register Office before the other parent of that child, and gives the required particulars in relation to the birth of that child to the registrar, including the name of the other parent of the child, the registrar shall not cause those particulars relating to the name of the other parent of the child to be entered unless the other parent, before the expiration of the period of 42 days from the date of the birth —
(a) attends at the Register Office at which the mother has given the required particulars,
(b) verifies that the particulars given by the mother in relation to the name of the other parent of the child are correct, and
(c) confirms that he or she wishes those particulars to be entered in the register.
(4) Where the mother of a child attends a Register Office before the other parent of that child, and gives the required particulars in relation to the birth of that child to the registrar, and the person named by the mother as the other parent of the child —
(a) fails to attend at the Register Office before the expiration of the period of 42 days from the date of the birth,
(b) fails to verify that the particulars are correct, or
(c) fails to confirm that he or she wishes the particulars so given to be entered in the register,
the particulars given by the mother in relation to the name of the other parent of the child shall not be so entered, and the registrar shall cause an entry to be made in the register in relation to the birth of the child as if the mother had given the required particulars, but had not given particulars in relation to the name of the other parent of the child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/408/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-13
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