The Contracting Out (functions of the Registrar General in relation to authorising re-registration of births) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/962
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (functions of the Registrar General in relation to authorising re-registration of births) Order 1997.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) In this Order—

(a) “the 1953 Act ” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 ;

(b) “the 1987 Regulations ” means the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 ; and

(c) “the Registrar General” means the Registrar General for England and Wales appointed under section 1 of the Registration Service Act 1953 .

Section 2 Contracting out of functions of the Registrar General in relation to authorising re-registration of births

(1) This Order applies to the functions of the Registrar General which are conferred by the enactments mentioned in paragraph (2) of this article.

(2) The enactments are—

(a) in the 1953 Act—

(i) paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section 10A ; and

(ii) subsections (1) and (2) of section 14 , except in so far as those provisions apply in relation to births at sea ; and

(b) in the 1987 Regulations—

(i) regulation 18, in so far as it applies to births which are re-registered in accordance with paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of section 10A of the 1953 Act;

(ii) paragraph (a) of regulation 19;

(iii) regulation 24;

(iv) sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) of regulation 55, in so far as it applies to clerical errors relating to an entry required to be made by regulations 20, 22 and 23; and

(v) sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5) of regulation 56, in so far as it applies to clerical errors relating to an entry required to be made by regulations 20, 22 and 23.

(3) Any function of the Registrar General to which this Order applies may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Registrar General.