# The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 and the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987. They make provision for the implementation of the Deregulation (Still-Birth and Deaths Registration) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2395), which will allow persons registering a death or still-birth to do so by making a declaration before a person other than the registrar for the sub-district where the death or still-birth occurred.
Regulations 2 and 3 prescribe the officer before whom a declaration may be made for the purpose of giving information for the registration of a still-birth or death and the manner in which the relevant registrar is to enter the still-birth or death in the register. They also make consequential amendments to other provisions in Parts III (registration of live-births), VIII (registration of still-births) and X (registration of deaths) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987.
Regulation 4 amends the general provisions on registration of births and deaths and the provisions on correction of entries.
Regulation 5 makes consequential amendments to the provisions on the use of the Welsh language in the registration of births and deaths.
These Regulations impose no costs on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/844/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1997/note
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