Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 13^th November 2006.

In these Regulations—

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

• “the Principal Regulations” means the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987^f1, and unless the context otherwise requires any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in those Regulations; and

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