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Regulation 8 Short certificate of birthI1

United Kingdom

(1)

In relation to a short certificate of birth issued by a superintendent registrar or registrar which is compiled from an entry in a birth register relating to a birth which occurred in Wales, form 17 shall be the prescribed form in place of form 21 in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations and regulation 64(a) of those Regulations shall have effect as if it referred not to the latter form but to form 17.

(2)

In relation to a short certificate of birth issued by the Registrar General which–

(a)

is compiled–

(i)

from a certified copy of an entry in a register of births kept in Wales,

(ii)

from an entry in the register of births kept under section 3A of the Actf1, or

(iii)

in respect of an adopted person;

(b)

is to show that the place of birth was in Wales,

form 18 shall be the prescribed form in place of form 22 in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations and regulation 64(b) of those Regulations shall have effect as if it referred not to the latter form but to form 18.

(3)

Where a short certificate of birth is compiled from an entry, or a certified copy of an entry, which pursuant to these Regulations contains a Welsh version of the particulars entered, the certificate shall likewise include particulars in Welsh as well as in English.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 8 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

Section 3A was inserted by section 92 of the Children Act 1975 (c. 72).