Introductory text

Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc.

Made 1st December 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd December 2010

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28A(4), 37(1), 38(2) and (3), 39D(1), 39E(3), 43(8), 47 and 54(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (“the 1965 Act”)^f1, sections 38 and 39C of that Act as applied by sections 98 and 122(7) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”)^f2, sections 122(4) and 134(2) of the 2004 Act, sections 55(6) and (9), 58(5) and (8) and 61(2)(a) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”)^f3 and all other powers enabling him to do so.

The Scottish Ministers have approved the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 54(1) of the 1965 Act^f4, section 126(3) of the 2004 Act and section 60(1) of the 2006 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1965 c.49 (“the 1965 Act”); section 28A was inserted by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.73), section 10(1); section 37 was amended by, and sections 39D and 39E were inserted by, the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“the 2006 Act”), section 44; section 54(1) was amended by the Children Act 1975 (c.72), Schedule 4, Part III, the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c.15), Schedule 3, and the 2006 Act, section 41(3). Section 1 contains a definition of “Registrar General” and section 56 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f2: 2004 c.33; section 98 was substituted by the 2006 Act, section 52(6); and section 122(7) was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 52(7). Section 39D of the 1965 Act applies to any information shared with district registrars under section 39C; section 126(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” and section 135(1) contains a definition of “Registrar General” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f3: 2006 asp 14. Section 60 applies the definition of “Registrar General” from the 1965 Act and contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f4: The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1965 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).