Introductory text

Registration of births, deaths,

Marriages, etc.

ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 8th May 2007

Coming into force 1st June 2007

The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2), 20 and 21(1) of the Registration Service Act 1953^f1, with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer^f2, makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1953 c.37: sections 6 and 20 were amended by the Local Government Act 1972, section 251 and Schedule 29, paragraphs 41(2) and 41(5), respectively.
f2: The approval of “the Minister” is required by section 20 of the Registration Service Act 1953. The function of approving regulations was transferred to the Chancellor of Exchequer by article 3(1) of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273).