# Factories Act 1961, Section 178: Certificates of birth.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where the age of any person is required to be ascertained or proved for the purposes of this Act, any person shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as the Secretary of State or, as respects Scotland, the Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe and on payment of the appropriate fee in England and Wales or a fee of £10.00 in Scotland, be entitled to obtain a certified extract under the hand of a registrar or superintendent registrar of births and deaths of the entry in the register under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 or the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 of the birth of that person.
(2) A form of such a requisition shall on request be supplied without charge by every superintendent registrar and registrar of births and deaths.
(3) In subsection (1), “the appropriate fee” means the fee payable to a registrar or superintendent registrar for a certified copy of an entry in the register concerned by virtue of section 38A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/34/section/178 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1961/section-178
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.