# The Legislative Reform (Overseas Registration of Births and Deaths) Order 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends section 41 of the British Nationality Act 1981 which enables regulations to be made relating to the registration of births and deaths of persons who were born or who died in a country outside the United Kingdom.
This Order removes the existing provisions which require, subject to certain exceptions, the registration of such persons to be carried out in the country in which they were born or in which they died, if there is a consular or diplomatic presence in that country.
The regulations to be made under this new provision may enable registration to take place in a different country to that in which the person was born or died, for example in the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111106600/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-reform-overseas-registration-of-births-and-deaths-order-2014/note
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