{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-81.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1968/2049",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968",
  "path": "regulation/81",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Application for short certificate of birth",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 33(1) of the Act (which relates to short certificates of birth) the particulars to be furnished on an application for a short certificate of birth shall be the following particulars relating to the registered person:—\n(i) his name and surname;\n(ii) the date and place of his birth;\n(iii) the name and surname of his father; and\n(iv) the name, surname and maiden surname of his mother;\nProvided that—\n(a) no particulars shall be required if the application is made at the time of registering the birth;\n(b) any of the said particulars may be omitted if in the opinion of a superintendent registrar or registrar to whom the application is made it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to furnish such particular.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/2049/regulation/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:16:20.581505+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."
}