The Registration (Entries of Overseas Births and Deaths) Order 1982

• Citation: S.I. 1982/1526
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration (Entries of Overseas Births and Deaths) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1983.

(2) In this Order “ the Act ” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

(3) Any reference in this Order to a numbered Schedule or a numbered part thereof shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule or the part thereof bearing that number in this Order.

Section 2 Application of provisions of the Act

(1) The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part I of Schedule 1 (which relate to the matters specified in the second column thereof) shall, subject to the modifications specified in the third column thereof, apply to certified copies and further certified copies of entries of births required to be sent to the Registrar General by virtue of any of the statutory rules and orders and statutory instruments referred to in Part I of Schedule 2 and any of the instructions referred to in Part II of Schedule 2.

(2) The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part II of Schedule 1 shall, subject to the modification specified in the third column thereof, apply to certified copies and further certified copies of entries of deaths required to be sent to the Registrar General by virtue of any of the statutory rules and orders and statutory instruments referred to in Part I of Schedule 2 and any of the instructions referred to in Part III of Schedule 2.

(3) The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part III of Schedule 1 shall, subject to the modifications specified in the third column thereof, apply to certified copies of entries of births or deaths required by any of the statutory rules and orders, statutory instruments and instructions referred to in Schedule 2 to be issued or provided other than to or by the Registrar General.

Section 3 Application of section 4(2) of the Registration Service Act 1953

Section 4(2) of the Registration Service Act 1953 (sums received by or on behalf of the Registrar General) shall apply to sums received by or on behalf of him in respect of copies of entries referred to in article 2(1) or (2) of this Order.

Section 4 Application of legislation relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland

(1) Where under the provisions of regulation 7(3) or 10(3) of the Registration of Overseas Births and Deaths Regulations 1982 a certified copy of an entry in a register is transmitted by the Registrar General for England and Wales to the Registrar General for Scotland, the provisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 shall apply to that certified copy as if the certified copy were a register transmitted to the Registrar General for Scotland under that Act.

(2) Where under the provisions of regulation 7(3) or 10(3) of the Registration of Overseas Births and Deaths Regulations 1982 a certified copy of an entry in a register is transmitted by the Registrar General for England and Wales to the Registrar General for Northern Ireland, the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 shall apply to that certified copy as if the certified copy were a register in the custody of the Registrar General for Northern Ireland under that Order.

Section 5 Revocations

The Registration (High Commissioners Entries) Order 1964 and the Registration Acts (Copies of Consular Entries) Application Order 1975 are hereby revoked.