# The Hovercraft (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Regulations 1972, Regulation 6: Rules for ascertaining appropriate Registrar-General


For the purpose of these Regulations, the appropriate Registrar-General shall be ascertained as follows:—
(a) where it appears to the Secretary of State that an entry in the record of births relates to the birth of a child the father of whom, or, if the child is illegitimate, the mother of whom, was at the time of the birth usually resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a certified copy of the entry shall be sent to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, or the Registrar-General for Northern Ireland, as the case may require;
(b) where it appears to the Secretary of State that an entry in the record of deaths or missing persons relates to a person who, at the time of his death, or (in the case of a missing person) at the time when he was reported missing, was usually resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a certified copy of the entry shall be sent to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, or the Registrar-General for Northern Ireland, as the case may require;
(c) in every other case, a certified copy of an entry in the record of births, deaths, or missing persons, shall be sent to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1513/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-births-deaths-and-missing-persons-regulations-1972/regulation-6
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