{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-72.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2088",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/72",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Offences and proceedings",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that any offence under or breach of–\n(a) the Act or the Population (Statistics) Act 1938; or\n(b) so far as they relate to the registration of births and deaths, the Perjury Act 1911 or the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981,\nhas been committed, he shall report the matter to the Registrar General and shall deliver to the Registrar General such documents in his possession relating to the offence or breach as the Registrar General may require.\n(2) Except with the authority of the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar shall not commence any proceedings in respect of an offence under the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 72 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1938 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1911 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1981 c. 45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2088/regulation/72",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:16:18.930722+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}