Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003.

In these Regulations—

• “the principal Regulations” means the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987^f1;

• “the Act” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953;

• “the Welsh Language Regulations” means the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987^f2.