Regulation 35 Short birth certificates
Subject to Article 40 of the 1976 Order, the Registrar General, or any registrar, may as regards any entry in a register of births or adoptions, other than any entry relating to a still-birth, issue a short birth certificate.
The form of a short birth certificate shall be Form 19 F1, 19A or 19B.
The particulars to be furnished by an applicant for a short birth certificate, except where the application is made at the time of the registration of the birth shall be —
where a certificate is to be issued from an entry of birth —
the name and surname of the registered person;
the date and place of the registered person's birth;
the name and surname of the father or second female parent of the registered person; and
the name, surname and maiden surname of the mother of the registered person.
Where a certificate is to be issued from an entry of adoption —
the name and surname of the registered person;
the date and place of the registered person's birth;
the name and surname of the adopters of the registered person; and
the Court by which the adoption order was made and the date of the order.
The furnishing of any of the particulars listed in paragraph (3) may be dispensed with in any case where it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to furnish such particulars.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 35(2) inserted (11.3.2022) by The Marriage, Civil Partnership and Civil Registration (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/48), regs. 1, 5(9)