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The Registration Services (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006

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Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 61(4) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

Made 2006

Coming into force 1st January 2007

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(1)(a) and (2) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006f1, make the following Order, a draft of which has in accordance with section 61(4) of that Act been approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

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Footnotes

f1

2006 asp 14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Gender Recognition Act 2004
  3. 3Amendment to the Anatomy Act 1984
  4. 4Repeal of statutory amendments
  5. 5Repeal of statutory amendments
  6. 6Repeal of statutory amendments
  7. 7Amendment to the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 1935
  8. Signature
  9. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Registration Services (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st January 2007.

2Amendments to the Gender Recognition Act 2004

(1)

Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Gender Recognition Act 2004f1 (registration: Scotland) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

For paragraph 17, substitute–

“Abbreviated extracts of birth compiled from Gender Recognition Register

17

Where an abbreviated extract of birth under section 39Ef2 of the 1965 Act is compiled from the Gender Recognition Register, the extract must not disclose that fact.”.

(3)

In paragraph 18, for “section 20(1) and (3)” substitute “section 20(1)”.

(4)

In paragraph 20–

(a)

for “Section 41” substitute “sections 41 and 41Af3”, and

(b)

for “applies” substitute “apply”.

3Amendment to the Anatomy Act 1984

In section 2(2)(c) of the Anatomy Act 1984f1 (certification for anatomical specimen), for “signed” substitute “attested”.

4Repeal of statutory amendments

Paragraph 51 of Schedule 6 to the Superannuation Act 1972f1 is repealed.

5Repeal of statutory amendments

Paragraph 8(6) of Schedule 1 to the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986f1 is repealed.

6Repeal of statutory amendments

Paragraph 28 of Schedule 1 to the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991f1 is repealed.

7Amendment to the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 1935

In regulation 15A(3)(b)(ii) of the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 1935f1 (cremation of body parts), for “sections 37, 38 or 41”, substitute “section 37, 38, 39Df2 or 41”.

Signature

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes amendments to provisions concerning the Gender Recognition Register established for Scotland by the Gender Recognition Act 2004 as a consequence of provisions of Part 2 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (article 2). It makes similar minor consequential amendments and repeals to other statutes and regulations (articles 3 to 7).

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