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Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc.

Made 28th January 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 1st February 2016

Coming into force 1st September 2016

The Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28A(4), 38(2) and (3), 47 and 54(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965^f1, section 38 of that Act as applied by section 98 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f2, section 122(4) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f3, sections 55(6) and 58(5) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006^f4 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 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965^f5, section 126(3) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and section 60(1) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006.

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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 54(1) was amended by the Children Act 1975 (c.72), Schedule 4, Part III, and the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c.15), Schedule 3. Section 1 of the 1965 Act contains a definition of “Registrar General” and section 56 of that Act contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f2: 2004 c.33 (“the 2004 Act”); section 98 was substituted by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006, section 52(6).
f3: Section 126(1) of the 2004 Act contains a definition of “prescribed” and section 135(1) of that Act contains a definition of “Registrar General” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f4: 2006 asp 14. Section 60 applies the definition of “Registrar General” from the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 and contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f5: 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).