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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2088",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations consolidate with minor amendments the provisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968 (“the 1968 Regulations”), and of subsequent amending regulations, relating to the registration of births and deaths. The consolidation also includes the Birth Certificate (Shortened Form) Regulations 1968 and the Registration of Births (Abandoned Children) Regulations 1976. The provisions of the 1968 Regulations relating to the registration of marriages were consolidated in the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1442), and the only provisions of the 1968 Regulations remaining in force are therefore those relating to registration officers and accounting.\nThe Regulations prescribe forms and procedures in connection with the registration of births and deaths and deal in particular with the following matters–\ngeneral provisions as to registration of births and deaths (Regulations 3 to 6);\nregistration of live-births (Regulations 7 to 14);\nre-registration of births of children whose parents were not married to each other (Regulations 15 to 18);\nre-registration of births of legitimated persons (Regulations 19 to 26);\nbirth records of adopted children (Regulations 27 and 28);\nregistration of births of abandoned children (Regulations 29 and 30);\nregistration of still-births and disposal of bodies of still-born children (Regulations 31 to 38);\nregistration of deaths and disposal of bodies of deceased persons (Regulations 39 to 52);\ncorrection of errors in entries in registers (Regulations 53 to 61);\nbirth and death certificates (Regulations 62 to 68);\nmiscellaneous (including revocation of the regulations included in the consolidation) (Regulations 69 to 73).\nAmong the changes of substance are the introduction of an additional category of minor clerical errors which are to be corrected without reference to the Registrar General (Regulation 56) and the omission in Regulation 67 (applications for certificate of birth or death for certain purposes) of reference to purposes for which provision is clearly made by other legislation. In addition provision is made that the form of certificate of cause of death, and of the related notice, prescribed by the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987 may be used where the place of death is in England but the certificate is issued in Wales.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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