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CIVIL REGISTRATION ACT 1984

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Index Section Page

PART I – REGISTRATION SERVICE 5

1 Registration district ........................................................................................................ 5
2 Appointment of registrars, etc ...................................................................................... 5
PART II – REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS 6

3 Particulars of births to be registered ............................................................................ 6
4 Information concerning birth to be given to registrar within 42 days .................... 6
5 Information concerning finding of new-born child to be given to registrar
within 42 days ................................................................................................................. 7
6 Registrar’s power to require information concerning birth...................................... 7
7 Registration of births ...................................................................................................... 7
8 Registration between 3 and 12 months from date of birth........................................ 8
9 Registration after 12 months from date of birth ......................................................... 8
10 Giving of information to a person other than the registrar ...................................... 8
11 Information given by person out of the Island ........................................................... 9
12 Registration of father of non-marital child ................................................................ 10
13 Re-registration of birth of non-marital child ............................................................. 11
14 Special provision as to registration of still-birth ...................................................... 12
15 Certificate of registration of birth ............................................................................... 13
16 Registration of name of child or of alteration of name ............................................ 13
17 Re-registration of births of legitimated persons ....................................................... 13
17A Re-registration after declaration of parentage .......................................................... 14
PART III – REGISTRATION OF DEATHS 15

18 Particulars of deaths to be registered ......................................................................... 15
19 Information concerning death in a house ................................................................. 15
20 Information concerning other deaths ........................................................................ 16
21 Registrar’s power to require information concerning death .................................. 16
22 Registration of death .................................................................................................... 17
23 Registration of death after 12 months ........................................................................ 17
24 Certificates of cause of death....................................................................................... 17
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25 Furnishing of information by coroner ....................................................................... 18
26 Certificates as to registration of death ....................................................................... 19
PART IV – PROVISIONS AS TO DISPOSAL ETC. OF BODIES 20

27 Prohibition of disposal except on registrar’s certificate or coroner’s order ......... 20
28 Notification of disposal to registrar ........................................................................... 20
29 Prohibition of removal out of the Island without notice ........................................ 20
30 Disposal of body of still-born child ........................................................................... 20
PART V – GENERAL 21

Registers, certified copies, etc. 21

31 Provision of registers, etc, by Chief Registrar .......................................................... 21
32 Quarterly returns to be made by registrar to Chief Registrar ................................ 21
33 Custody of registers, etc .............................................................................................. 21
34 Correction of errors in registers ................................................................................. 21
35 Searches of indexes kept by Chief Registrar ............................................................. 22
36 Searches in registers kept by registrars ..................................................................... 23
37 Short certificate of birth ............................................................................................... 23
38 Entry in register as evidence of birth or death ......................................................... 24
Offences 25

39 Offences relating to registers ...................................................................................... 25
40 Penalties for failure to give information, etc ............................................................ 25
41 Penalty for forging certificate, etc .............................................................................. 26
42 Penalties for contravening Part IV ............................................................................. 26
Supplemental 26

43 Regulations .................................................................................................................... 26
44 Interpretation ................................................................................................................ 27
45 Transitional provisions and amendments ................................................................ 28
46 Short title and commencement ................................................................................... 28
SCHEDULE 1 31

SCHEDULE 2 31

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 31
SCHEDULE 3 32

SCHEDULE 4 32

ENDNOTES 33

TABLE OF LEGISLATION HISTORY 33
TABLE OF RENUMBERED PROVISIONS 33
TABLE OF ENDNOTE REFERENCES 33

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CIVIL REGISTRATION ACT 1984

Received Royal Assent: 18 May 1984
Passed: 10 July 1984
Commenced: 1 January 1985
AN ACT
to consolidate with amendments the enactments relating to the civil
registration service and the registration of births and deaths; and for connected
purposes.
GENERAL NOTE:
The maximum fines in this Act are as increased by the Fines Act
1986 and by the Criminal Justice (Penalties, Etc.) Act 1993 s 1.
PART I – REGISTRATION SERVICE

1 Registration district

The Island (including its territorial waters) shall be the registration district for
the purposes of the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil
partnerships.1

2 Appointment of registrars, etc

(1) There shall be appointed fit and proper persons to be registrars.2

(2) A person may be appointed registrar for the purpose of registering one
or more of the following —
(a) births;
(b) deaths;
(c) marriages:
(d) civil partnerships.3

(3) A registrar may be designated by such title as shall indicate the functions
to be performed by virtue of his appointment.4

(4) [Repealed]5

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(5) The Chief Registrar may give directions to registrars in order to secure
uniformity in the administration of this Act and the Marriage Act 1984,
and it shall be the duty of each registrar to comply with such directions.
(6) Registrars shall have known offices in the Island and shall attend at those
offices, and at such other places in the Island, as the Chief Registrar may
appoint, on such days and at such hours as the Chief Registrar may
approve, for the purposes of performing their functions under this Act
and the Marriage Act 1984.6

PART II – REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS

3 Particulars of births to be registered

[P1953/20/1]
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the birth of every child born in the
Island shall be registered by the registrar by entering in a register such
particulars concerning the birth as may be prescribed; and different
registers shall be kept and different particulars may be prescribed for
live-births and still-births respectively.7

(2) Where a living new-born child is found exposed and no information as to
the place of birth is available, the birth shall be registered by the registrar
with such particulars as may be prescribed.8

(3) The following persons shall be qualified to give information concerning a
birth, that is to say —
(a) the father and mother of the child;
(b) the occupier of the house in which the child was to the knowledge
of that occupier born;
(c) any person present at the birth;
(d) any person having charge of the child.
(4) This Part is without prejudice to section 23 of the Local Government Act
1946 (notification of birth to Health Services Board).
4 Information concerning birth to be given to registrar within 42 days

[P1953/20/2]
(1) In the case of every birth it shall be the duty —
(a) of the father and mother of the child; and
(b) if the father and mother are dead or unable to do so, of each other
qualified informant,
to give to the registrar, before the expiration of 42 days from the date of
the birth, the prescribed particulars, and in the presence of the registrar
to sign the register.
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(2) The giving of information and the signing of the register by any one
qualified informant shall act as a discharge of any duty under this section
of every other qualified informant.
(3) This section shall cease to apply if, before the expiration of the said
period and before the birth has been registered, an inquest is held at
which the child is found to have been still-born.
5 Information concerning finding of new-born child to be given to

registrar within 42 days

[P1953/20/3]
Where any living new-born child is found exposed, it shall be the duty of the
person finding the child to give to the best of his knowledge and belief to the
registrar, before the expiration of 42 days from the date on which the child was
found, such information of the prescribed particulars concerning the birth of the
child as the informant possesses, and in the presence of the registrar to sign the
register.
6 Registrar’s power to require information concerning birth

[P1953/20/4]
(1) Where, after the expiration of 42 days from the date of the birth of any
child or from the date when any living new-born child is found exposed,
the birth of the child has, owing to the default of the persons required to
give information concerning it, not been registered, the registrar may by
notice in writing require any qualified informant —
(a) to attend personally at a registrar’s office before such date (being
not less than 7 days after the receipt of the notice nor more than 3
months after the date of the birth or finding) as may be specified
in the notice; and9

(b) to give information to the best of that person’s knowledge and
belief of the prescribed particulars; and
(c) to sign the register in the presence of the registrar.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) shall cease to have effect if, before
the date specified in the notice and before the person to whom the notice
is given complies with it, the birth is duly registered.
7 Registration of births

[P1953/20/5]
Where the registrar receives personally from any qualified informant, at any
time before the expiration of 3 months from the date of the birth of any child or
from the date when any living new-born child is found exposed, the prescribed
particulars concerning the birth of the child, then, subject as may be prescribed
in the case of an alleged still-birth where no certificate under section 14(1)(a) is
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delivered, he shall forthwith register the birth and the particulars, if not
previously registered, in the prescribed form and manner.
8 Registration between 3 and 12 months from date of birth

[P1953/20/6]
(1) Where, after the expiration of 3 months from the date of the birth of any
child the birth of the child has not been registered, the registrar may by
notice in writing require any qualified informant —
(a) to attend personally at the registrar’s office before such date
(being not less than 7 days after the receipt of the notice nor more
than 12 months after the date of the birth) as may be specified in
the notice; and
(b) to make before the registrar a statutory declaration according to
the best of the declarant’s knowledge and belief of the prescribed
particulars; and
(c) to sign the register in the presence of the registrar.
(2) Upon any qualified informant attending before the registrar, whether in
pursuance of a requirement or not, and making a statutory declaration
under subsection (1)(b) and giving information concerning the birth, the
registrar shall forthwith register the birth according to the information of
the declarant, and the registrar and the declarant shall each sign the
entry of the birth.
(3) This section shall not apply in the case of a still-birth.
9 Registration after 12 months from date of birth

[P1953/20/7]
(1) Where, after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the birth of any
child or from the date when any living new-born child is found exposed,
the birth of the child has not been registered, the birth shall not be
registered except with the written authority of the Chief Registrar and in
such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, and
the fact that the authority of the Chief Registrar has been obtained shall
be entered in the register.
(2) This section shall not apply in the case of a still-birth.
10 Giving of information to a person other than the registrar

[P1953/20/9; P1975/72/93; 1971/26/19 and 20]
(1) Any person required by or under this Act to give information to the
registrar concerning a birth, not being a still-birth, may give that
information by making and signing in the presence of and delivering to
such officer as may be prescribed a declaration in writing of the
prescribed particulars.
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(2) The officer in whose presence such a declaration is made shall send the
declaration to the registrar who shall in the prescribed manner enter the
birth in the register.
(3) An entry made under subsection (2) shall be deemed for the purposes of
this Act to have been signed by the person who signed the declaration,
and a person making a declaration under this section shall be deemed to
have given information concerning the birth to the registrar and to have
complied with any requirement of the registrar made under this Act to
attend and give that information.
(4) A request made under section 12 may be included in a declaration under
subsection (1) and, if the request is made under section 12(1)(b), (c) or (d),
the documents required by that paragraph to be produced shall be
produced to the officer in whose presence the declaration is made and
sent by him with the declaration to the registrar.10

(5) A request made under section 13 instead of being made to the registrar
may be made by making and signing in the presence of and delivering to
a prescribed officer a statement in the prescribed form and producing to
the officer any documents required to be produced by that
section, and —
(a) the officer shall send the request together with those documents,
if any, to the registrar who shall with the authority of the Chief
Registrar re-register the birth as if the request had been made to
him; and
(b) the person or persons who sign the statement shall be deemed to
have signed the register as required by section 13(2).
11 Information given by person out of the Island

(1) Any person required by this Act to give information concerning a birth,
who removes out of the Island before the birth is registered, may, not
more than 12 months after the birth, make and sign in the presence of a
person authorised to administer oaths in the place where he resides a
declaration in writing of the prescribed particulars concerning the birth,
and send the declaration to the office of a registrar.11

(2) Upon receipt of a declaration under subsection (1), the registrar shall
register the birth in the prescribed manner.
(3) A person making and sending a declaration under subsection (1) shall,
for the purposes of sections 4(2) and 40, be deemed to have given
information concerning the birth and signed the register.
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12 Registration of father of non-marital child

[P1953/20/10; P1987/42/24; P1989/41/12/6]
(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, in the
case of a non-marital child, no person shall as father be required to give
information concerning the birth of the child, and the registrar shall not
enter in the register the name of any person as father of the child
except —
(a) at the joint request of the mother and the person stating himself to
be the father of the child (in which case that person shall sign the
register together with the mother); or
(b) at the request of the mother on production of —
(i) a declaration in the prescribed form made by the mother
stating that that person is the father of the child; and
(ii) a statutory declaration made by that person stating that he
is the father of the child; or
(c) at the request of that person on production of —
(i) a declaration in the prescribed form made by that person
stating that he is the father of the child; and
(ii) a statutory declaration made by the mother stating that
that person is the father of the child; or
(d) at the request of the mother or that person on production of —
(i) a copy of a parental responsibility agreement, within the
meaning of section 4 of the Family Law Act 1991, made
between them in relation to the child; and
(ii) a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making
the request stating that the agreement was made in
compliance with that section and has not been terminated
by an order of a court; or
(e) at the request of the mother or that person on production of —
(i) a certified copy of an order specified in subsection (2); and
(ii) a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making
the request stating that the order has not been revoked by
an order of a court.12

(2) The orders referred to in subsection (1)(e)(i) are —
(a) an order under section 4 of the Family Law Act 1991 giving the
person whose name is to be shown as father of the child parental
responsibility for the child;
(b) an order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the said Act
requiring that person to make any financial provision for the child
(except an order falling within paragraph 3(3) of that Schedule);
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(c) an order under section 4 of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1953
giving that person custody of the child;
(d) an order under section 4 of the Affiliation Proceedings Act 1966
naming that person as the putative father of the child.
(3) Where, in the case of a non-marital child, a person stating himself to be
the father of the child makes a request to the registrar in accordance with
subsection (1)(c), (d) or (e) —
(a) he shall be treated as a qualified informant concerning the birth
for the purposes of this Act; and
(b) the giving of information concerning the birth of the child by that
person and the signing of the register by him in the presence of
the registrar shall act as a discharge of any other qualified
informant under section 4.13
14

13 Re-registration of birth of non-marital child

[P1953/20/10A, P1987/42/25, 1989/41/12/6]
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where the birth of a non-marital child has been
registered under this Act but no person has been registered as the father
of the child, the registrar shall re-register the birth so as to show a person
as the father —
(a) at the joint request of the mother and that person; or
(b) at the request of the mother on production of —
(i) a declaration in the prescribed form made by the mother
stating that that person is the father of the child; and
(ii) a statutory declaration made by that person stating that he
is the father of the child; or
(c) at the request of that person on production of —
(i) a declaration in the prescribed form made by that person
stating that he is the father of the child; and
(ii) a statutory declaration made by the mother stating that
that person is the father of the child; or
(d) at the request of the mother or that person on production of —
(i) a copy of a parental responsibility agreement, within the
meaning of section 4 of the Family Law Act 1991, made
between them in relation to the child; and
(ii) a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making
the request stating that the agreement was made in
compliance with that section and has not been terminated
by an order of a court; or
(e) at the request of the mother or that person on production of —
(i) a certified copy of an order specified in section 12(2); and
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(ii) a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making
the request stating that the order has not been revoked by
an order of a court.15

(2) No birth shall be re-registered under this section except in the prescribed
manner and with the authority of the Chief Registrar.
(3) On the re-registration of a birth under this section —
(a) the registrar shall sign the register;
(b) in the case of a request under subsection (1)(a) or (b), or a request
under subsection (1)(d) or (e) made by the mother of the child, the
mother shall also sign the register;
(c) in the case of a request under subsection (1)(a) or (c), or a request
under subsection (1)(d) or (e) made by the person to be shown as
the father of the child, that person shall also sign the register.16

14 Special provision as to registration of still-birth

[P1953/20/11]
(1) Any qualified informant giving information to the registrar of the
particulars required to be registered concerning a still-birth shall upon
giving that information either —
(a) deliver to the registrar a certificate in the prescribed form that the
child was not born alive, signed by a registered medical
practitioner who was present at the birth or has examined the
body of the child, or, if no registered medical practitioner was so
present or has examined the body, by a registered midwife who
was so present or has examined the body; or
(b) make a declaration in the prescribed form to the effect that no
registered medical practitioner or registered midwife was present
at the birth or has examined the body, or that his or her certificate
cannot be obtained, and that the child was not born alive.
(1A) Upon receipt of a declaration under subsection (1)(b) the registrar shall
as soon as reasonably practicable provide a copy to the coroner and the
still-birth shall not be registered until the coroner’s instructions are
received.17

(2) The registrar upon registering a still-birth shall, if so required, give free
of charge either to the informant or to the person who has control over,
or who ordinarily effects the disposal of bodies at the place at which it is
intended to dispose of the child’s body, a certificate under his hand in the
prescribed form that he has registered the still-birth, but may, on
receiving written notice of the still-birth accompanied by a certificate
under subsection (1)(a), before registering the still-birth give free of
charge to the person sending the notice a certificate that he has received
notice of the still-birth.
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15 Certificate of registration of birth

[P1953/20/12]
(1) At the time of registering the birth of any child, the registrar shall, if so
required by the informant of the birth, give to the informant —
(a) free of charge, a certificate under his hand in the form prescribed
for the purpose of section 37; and
(b) on payment of the prescribed fee, a certified copy of the entry of
birth.
(2) Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) does not apply to a still-birth.
16 Registration of name of child or of alteration of name

[P1953/20/13]
(1) Where, before the expiration of 12 months from the date of the
registration of the birth of any child, the name by which it was registered
is altered or, if it was registered without a name, a name is given to the
child, the registrar upon delivery to him at any time of a certificate in the
prescribed form signed —
(a) if the name was altered or given in baptism, either by the person
who performed the rite of baptism or by the person who has the
custody of the register, if any, in which the baptism is recorded, or
(b) if a name has not been given to the child in baptism, by the father,
mother or guardian of the child or other person procuring the
name of the child to be altered or given,
and on payment of the prescribed fee shall, without any erasure of the
original entry, forthwith enter in the register the name mentioned in the
certificate as having been given to the child, and, after stating upon the
certificate the fact that the entry has been made, shall forthwith send the
certificate to the Chief Registrar together with a certified copy of the
entry of the birth with the name added under this subsection.
(2) Where the name of a child is altered or given in baptism, the person who
performed the rite of baptism or who has the custody of any register in
which the baptism is recorded shall issue the certificate required under
this section on payment of the prescribed fee.
(3) This section shall not apply in relation to a still-born child.
17 Re-registration of births of legitimated persons

[P1953/20/14]
(1) Where, in the case of any person whose birth has been registered in the
Island, evidence is produced to the Chief Registrar which appears to him
to be satisfactory that that person has become a legitimated person, the
Chief Registrar may authorise at any time the re-registration of that
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person’s birth, and the re-registration shall be effected in such manner
and at such place as may be prescribed.
(2) Except where —
(a) the name of a person stating himself to be the father of the
legitimated person has been entered in the register in pursuance
of section 12; or18

(b) the paternity of the legitimated person has been established by a
court of competent jurisdiction; or19

(c) a declaration of the legitimacy of the legitimated person has been
made under section 19 of the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 2003 or
section 10A of the Legitimacy Act 1985,20

the Chief Registrar shall not authorise the re-registration unless
information with a view to obtaining it is furnished by both parents.
(3) It shall be the duty of —
(a) the parents of a legitimated person; or
(b) if one of the parents is dead and the condition specified in
subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) is satisfied, by the surviving parent;
to furnish to the Chief Registrar, within 3 months of the date of the
marriage of the parents, information with a view to obtaining the re-
registration of the birth of that person.
(4) Where the Chief Registrar believes any person to have become a
legitimated person on the marriage of his parents, and the parents or
either of them fail to furnish within 3 months from the date of the
marriage such information, if any, as may be necessary to enable the
Chief Registrar to authorise the re-registration of that person’s birth, the
Chief Registrar may at any time after the expiration of that period
require the parents or either of them to give him such information
concerning the matter as he may consider necessary, verified in such
manner as he may direct, and for that purpose to attend personally either
at the registrar’s office or at any other place appointed by him within
such time, not being less than 7 days after the receipt of the notice, as
may be specified in the notice.
(5) A failure to furnish information as required by this section shall not
affect the legitimation of any person.
17A Re-registration after declaration of parentage

[P1953/20/14A; P1987/42/26]
Where a declaration is made under section 10A(1) of the Legitimacy Act 1985 in
relation to a person whose birth has been registered in the Island, and it appears
to the Chief Registrar that the birth should be re-registered, he shall authorise
the re-registration of the birth, and the re-registration shall be effected in such
manner as may be prescribed.21

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PART III – REGISTRATION OF DEATHS

18 Particulars of deaths to be registered

[P1953/20/15]
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the death of every person dying in
the Island and the cause thereof shall be registered by the entry by a
registrar in a register of such particulars concerning the death as may be
prescribed.22

(2) Where a dead body is found and no information as to the place of death
is available, the death shall be registered by the entry by a registrar in a
register of such particulars concerning the death as may be prescribed.23

19 Information concerning death in a house

[P1953/20/16]
(1) The following persons shall be qualified to give information concerning
any death in a house —
(a) any relative of the deceased person present at the death or in
attendance during his last illness;
(b) any other relative of the deceased who has knowledge of any of
the particulars required to be registered concerning the death;24

(c) any person present at the death;
(d) the occupier of the house or a person who resided with the
deceased if he knew of the death;25

(e) [Repealed]26

(f) the person causing the disposal of the body.
(2) It shall be the duty —
(a) of the nearest relative mentioned in subsection (1)(a); or
(b) if there is no such relative, of the nearest relative mentioned in
subsection (1)(b); or27

(c) if there are no such relatives, of each person mentioned in
subsection (1)(c) or (d); or
(d) if there are no such relatives or persons, of each person mentioned
in subsection (1)(f),28

to give to the registrar, before the expiration of 5 days from the date of
the death, information to the best of his knowledge and belief of the
prescribed particulars, and in the presence of the registrar to sign the
register.
(3) The giving of information and the signing of the register by any one
qualified informant shall act as discharge of any duty under
subsection (2) of every other qualified informant.
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(4) Subsection (2) shall not have effect if an inquest is held on the body or
touching the death of the deceased person.
20 Information concerning other deaths

[P1953/20/17]
(1) The following persons shall be qualified to give information concerning
any death elsewhere than in a house, or where a dead body is found and
no information as to the place of death is available —
(a) any relative of the deceased who has knowledge of any of the
particulars required to be registered concerning the death;
(b) any person present at the death;
(c) any person finding or taking charge of the body;
(d) any person causing the disposal of the body.
(2) It shall be the duty —
(a) of each relative mentioned in subsection (1)(a); or
(b) if there are no such relatives, of each other qualified informant,
to give to the registrar, before the expiration of 5 days from the date of
the death or of the finding of the body, such information of the
prescribed particulars concerning the death as the informant possesses,
and in the presence of the registrar to sign the register.
(3) The giving of information and the signing of the register by any one
qualified informant shall act as a discharge of any duty under
subsection (2) of every other qualified informant.
(4) Subsection (2) shall not have effect if an inquest is held on the body or
touching the death of the deceased person.
21 Registrar’s power to require information concerning death

[P1953/20/19]
(1) Where, after the expiration of 5 days from the date of the death or
finding of the dead body of any person, the death of that person has,
owing to the default of the persons required to give information
concerning it, not been registered, a registrar may by notice in writing
require any qualified informant —
(a) to attend personally at such place as is specified in the notice,
before such date (being not less than 7 days after the receipt of the
notice nor more than 12 months from the date of the death or of
the finding of the body) as may be specified in the notice; and29

(b) to give information to the best of the informant’s knowledge and
belief of the particulars required to be registered concerning the
death; and
(c) to sign the register in the presence of a registrar.30
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(2) A requirement under subsection (1) shall cease to have the effect if,
before the date specified in the notice and before the person to whom the
notice is given complies with it, either —
(i) the death is duly registered; or
(ii) an inquest is held on the body or touching the death of the
deceased person.
22 Registration of death

[P1953/20/20]
Where the registrar receives personally from any qualified informant, at any
time before the expiration of 12 months from the date of the death or finding of
the body of any person, information of the prescribed particulars concerning
that person’s death, then, so soon as he has received any particulars required to
be registered concerning the cause of death which are required to be given by
any person other than the informant, he shall forthwith register the death and
the particulars, if not previously registered, in the prescribed form and manner.
23 Registration of death after 12 months

[P1953/20/21]
After the expiration of 12 months from the date of the death or finding of the
dead body of any person, the death of that person shall not be registered except
with the written authority of the Chief Registrar and in such manner and subject
to such conditions as may be prescribed, and the fact that the authority of the
Chief Registrar has been obtained shall be entered in the register.
24 Certificates of cause of death

[P1953/20/22]
(1) In the case of the death of any person who has been attended during his
last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practitioner shall
sign a certificate in the prescribed form stating to the best of his
knowledge and belief the cause of death and shall forthwith give that
certificate to some person required by this Act to give information
concerning the death, who shall, except where an inquest is held on the
body or touching the death of the deceased person, deliver the certificate
to the registrar.
(2) Except where an inquest is held on the body or touching the death of the
deceased person, or a post-mortem examination of his body is made by
virtue of section 15 of the Coroners of Inquests Act 1987, a registrar to
whom a certificate of cause of death is delivered under subsection (1)
shall enter in the register the cause of death as stated in the certificate,
together with the name of the certifying medical practitioner.32

(3) The Chief Registrar shall from time to time furnish free of charge to any
registered medical practitioner residing or practising in the Island
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printed forms of the certificates required to be signed under
subsection (1).
25 Furnishing of information by coroner

[P1953/20/23; P1926/59/20(4)]
(1) Where an inquest is held touching a death the coroner shall send to the
registrar, within 5 days after the finding of the inquest is given, a
certificate under his hand giving information concerning the death and
specifying the finding with respect to the particulars required to be
registered concerning the death and with respect to the cause of death,
and specifying the time and place at which the inquest was held.33

(2) On receiving a certificate under subsection (1) the registrar shall in the
prescribed form and manner register the death and the particulars as
found at the inquest, and, if the death has been previously registered, the
said particulars shall be entered in the prescribed manner without any
alteration of the original entry.
(3) Where a coroner adjourns an inquest in compliance with section 13(1) of
the Coroners of Inquests Act 1987, he shall furnish the registrar with a
certificate under his hand stating the particulars required to be registered
concerning the death, so far as they have been ascertained at the date of
the certificate; and the registrar shall enter the death and particulars in
the prescribed form and manner.34

(4) Where a coroner does not resume an inquest which he has adjourned in
compliance with the said section 13(1), he shall (without prejudice to
subsection (3)) furnish the registrar with a certificate under his hand
stating the result of the relevant criminal proceedings.35

(4A) Where a coroner resumes an inquest which he has adjourned in
compliance with the said section 13(1) —
(a) he shall, after the termination of the inquest, furnish the registrar
with a certificate under his hand stating the result of the relevant
criminal proceedings; and
(b) subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to that inquest.36

(4B) In sections (4) and (4A) “the relevant criminal proceedings” has the
meaning given by section 13(9) of the said Act of 1987.37

(5) Where the coroner decides that an inquest touching a death is
unnecessary, he shall send to the registrar a certificate stating the cause
of death as reported to him, and the registrar shall in the prescribed form
and manner make an entry thereof in the register.38

(6) Where, as a result of a post-mortem examination of any dead body under
section 15 of the said Act of 1987, the coroner is satisfied that an inquest
is unnecessary, he shall send to the registrar a certificate stating the cause
of death as disclosed by the report of the person making the examination,
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and the registrar shall in the prescribed form and manner make an entry
thereof in the register.39

26 Certificates as to registration of death

[P1953/20/24]
(1) The registrar, upon registering any death, shall forthwith give to the
person giving information concerning the death free of charge a
certificate under his hand that he has registered the death.
(2) The registrar shall not issue a certificate under subsection (1) in any case
in which he is satisfied that a coroner’s order has been issued authorising
the disposal of the body.
(3) Where the body of a deceased person has been removed to the Island for
disposal, and no order has been given by a coroner in respect thereof, a
registrar, if it appears that the death is not required by law to be
registered in the Island, shall upon application by the person procuring
the disposal and on payment of the prescribed fee, give a certificate to
that effect in the prescribed form.40

(4) A person to whom any certificate under subsection (1) or (3) is delivered
shall transmit it to the person effecting the disposal of the body of the
deceased person.
(5) A registrar by whom a certificate has been given under this section may,
upon receiving a satisfactory explanation of any circumstances by reason
of which the certificate is not available for the purposes of section 27, and
on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate thereof either to the
person to whom the original certificate was given or to the person
effecting the disposal of the body; and any such duplicate certificate shall
be in a distinctive form.
(6) Where, on the expiration of the prescribed period after the issue in
respect of any deceased person of a certificate under this section or of a
coroner’s order authorising the disposal of the body, no notification
under section 28 has been received by the registrar, the registrar shall
make enquiry of the person to whom the certificate or order was issued
and it shall be the duty of that person to give information to the best of
his knowledge and belief as to the person having the custody of the
certificate or order, the place in which the body is lying, or, if the body
has been disposed of, the person effecting the disposal.
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PART IV – PROVISIONS AS TO DISPOSAL ETC. OF BODIES

27 Prohibition of disposal except on registrar’s certificate or coroner’s

order

[P1926/48/1]
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the body of a deceased person shall not be
disposed of before a certificate of the registrar under section 26 or an
order of the coroner has been delivered to the person effecting the
disposal.
(2) The person effecting the disposal by burial of the body of any deceased
person, if satisfied by a written declaration in the prescribed form by the
person procuring the disposal that a certificate of the registrar or order of
the coroner has been issued in respect of the deceased, may proceed with
the burial notwithstanding that the certificate or order has not been
previously delivered to him.
28 Notification of disposal to registrar

[P1926/48/3]
The person effecting the disposal of the body of any deceased person shall,
within 96 hours of the disposal, deliver to the registrar in the prescribed manner
a notification as to the date, place and means of disposal of the body.
29 Prohibition of removal out of the Island without notice

[P1926/48/4]
The body of a deceased person shall not be removed out of the Island until the
expiration of the prescribed period after notice of the removal has been given to
the coroner or otherwise than in accordance with such procedure as may be
prescribed.
30 Disposal of body of still-born child

[P1926/48/5]
No person who has control over or who ordinarily effects the disposal of bodies
at any place shall at such place dispose, or permit to be disposed, of a still-born
child before there is delivered to him either a certificate given by the registrar
under section 14(2) or, if there has been an inquest, an order of the coroner.
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PART V – GENERAL

Registers, certified copies, etc.
31 Provision of registers, etc, by Chief Registrar

[P1953/20/25]
Registers of live-births, still-births and deaths shall be in such form as may be
prescribed, and the Chief Registrar shall provide any such registers, and any of
the forms for making certified copies of entries in registers, which may be
required for the purposes of this Act.
32 Quarterly returns to be made by registrar to Chief Registrar

[P1953/20/26]
Every registrar shall in the months of January, April, July and October on such
days as may be appointed by the Chief Registrar —
(a) make and deliver to the Chief Registrar in the prescribed form a
true copy, certified by him in the prescribed manner, of all entries
of live-births, still-births and deaths made in the registers kept by
him during the period of 3 months ending with the last day of the
previous month; or
(b) if no live-birth, still-birth or death has been registered by the
registrar during that period, deliver to the Chief Registrar in the
prescribed form a certificate to that effect.41

33 Custody of registers, etc

[P1953/20/28]
(1) Every registrar shall keep safely all registers of live-births, still-births and
deaths which are in his custody and, when not in use, the registers shall
be kept in accordance with regulations under section 43.
(2) When a register of live-births, still-births or deaths is filled, the registrar
shall deliver it to the Chief Registrar.
(3) The certified copies sent to the Chief Registrar under section 32 and the
registers delivered to him under subsection (2) shall be kept at such place
or places and in such order and manner as the Chief Registrar, subject to
any directions of the Clerk of the Rolls, may think fit.
34 Correction of errors in registers

[P1953/20/29]
(1) No alteration shall be made in any register of live-births, still-births or
deaths except as authorised by this Act.
(2) Any clerical error which may from time to time be discovered in any
such register may, in the prescribed manner and subject to the prescribed
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conditions, be corrected by any person authorised in that behalf by the
Chief Registrar.
(3) An error of fact or substance in any such register may be corrected by
entry in the margin (without alteration of the original entry) by the
officer having custody of the register, on payment of the prescribed fee
and upon production to him by the person requiring the error to be
corrected of a statutory declaration setting forth the nature of the error
and the true facts of the case made by 2 qualified informants of the birth
or death with reference to which the error has been made, or in default of
2 qualified informants then by 2 credible persons having knowledge of
the truth of the case.
(4) Where an error of fact or substance (other than an error relating to the
cause of death) occurs in the information given by a coroner’s certificate
concerning a dead body upon which or a death touching which he has
held an inquest, the coroner, if satisfied by evidence on oath or statutory
declaration that such an error exists, may certify under his hand to the
officer having the custody of the register in which the information is
entered the nature of the error and the true facts of the case as
ascertained by him on that evidence, and the error may thereupon be
corrected by that officer in the register by entering in the margin
(without any alteration of the original entry) the facts as so certified by
the coroner.
35 Searches of indexes kept by Chief Registrar

[P1953/20/30]
(1) The Chief Registrar shall cause indexes of all certified copies of entries in
registers sent to him under this Act to be made and kept in the General
Registry.
(1A) Indexes made and kept by the Chief Registrar under subsection (1) and
any information contained in them and the registers to which they relate
may be kept in such format (including electronic) as the Chief Registrar
thinks fit, provided it is possible (to the extent permitted as mentioned in
this section) to search for, and to obtain a copy in legible form of, that
information.42

(2) Any person shall be entitled to search the indexes maintained under
subsection (1) at any time when the General Registry is open for that
purpose, and to have a certified copy of any entry in the said certified
copies, on payment of the prescribed fee, but subject to the qualification
in subsection (3).43

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to —
(a) registers of still-births;
(b) adoption registers; or
(c) the gender recognition register.44

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(4) Despite subsection (3)(a) and (b), the Chief Registrar may, if satisfied that
it is appropriate in any particular case and on payment of the prescribed
fee (if any) —
(a) permit access to the indexes to those registers for the purposes of
research; or
(b) cause a search to be made in those indexes for, and permit any
person to have a certified copy of, any entry in those registers.45

(5) For the sake of clarity, the Chief Registrar shall only permit a person to
inspect an entry in the gender recognition register, or have a copy of such
an entry, as permitted by the Gender Recognition Act 2009 or an order
under that Act.46

36 Searches in registers kept by registrars

[P1953/20/32]
(1) Every registrar shall at any time when his office is required to be open
for the transaction of public business allow searches to be made in any
register of births or deaths in his keeping, and shall give a copy certified
under his hand of any entry therein, on payment of the prescribed fee.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to registers of —
(a) still-births;
(b) adoptions;
(c) the gender recognition register.47

(3) Despite subsection (2)(a) and (b), a registrar may in a particular case,
with the consent of the Chief Registrar, if the registrar is satisfied that it
is appropriate in any particular case and on payment of the prescribed
fee (if any) —
(a) permit access to those registers for the purposes of research; or
(b) cause a search to be made for, and permit any person to have a
certified copy of, any entry in those registers.48

(4) For the sake of clarity, a registrar shall only permit a person to inspect an
entry in the gender recognition register or have a copy of an entry in it,
as permitted by the Gender Recognition Act 2009 or an order under
that Act.49

37 Short certificate of birth

[P1953/20/33]
(1) Any person shall, on payment of the prescribed fee and on furnishing the
prescribed particulars, be entitled to obtain from the Chief Registrar or a
registrar a short certificate of the birth of any person.
(2) Any such certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall be compiled
in the prescribed manner from the records and registers in the custody of
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the Chief Registrar, or from the registers in the custody of the registrar,
as the case may be, and shall contain such particulars as may be
prescribed.
(3) Any particulars prescribed in relation to a certificate under this section
shall include the name, surname, sex and date of birth but not any
particulars relating to parentage or adoption.
(4) This section does not apply to a still-birth.
38 Entry in register as evidence of birth or death

[P1953/20/34]
(1) The following provisions of this section shall have effect in relation to
entries in registers under this Act.
(2) An entry or a certified copy of an entry of a birth or death in a register, or
in a certified copy of a register, shall not be evidence of the birth or death
unless the entry purports to be signed by some person professing to be
the informant and to be such a person as might be required or permitted
by law at the date of the entry to give to the registrar information
concerning that birth or death.50

(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply —
(a) in relation to an entry of a birth which purports to have been
made with the authority of the Chief Registrar; or
(b) in relation to an entry of a death which purports to have been
made upon a certificate from a coroner; or
(c) in relation to the re-registration of a birth under section 10(5).
(4) Where more than 12 months have intervened between the date of the
birth of any child or the date when any living new-born child was found
exposed and the date of the registration of the birth of that child, the
entry or a certified copy of the entry of the birth of the child in the
register, or in a certified copy of the register, shall not be evidence of the
birth unless it purports to have been made with the authority of the
Chief Registrar.
(5) Where more than 12 months have intervened between the date of the
death or of the finding of the dead body of any person and the date of
the registration of that person’s death, the entry or a certified copy of the
entry of the death in the register, or in a certified copy of the register,
shall not be evidence of the death unless the entry purports to have been
made with the authority of the Chief Registrar.
(6) A certified copy of an entry in a register or in a certified copy of a register
shall be deemed to be a true copy notwithstanding that it is made on a
form different from that on which the original entry was made, if any
differences in the column headings under which the particulars appear
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in the original entry and the copy respectively are differences of form
only and not of substance.
(7) Any certified copy of an entry given in the General Registry shall be
signed by or on behalf of the Chief Registrar; and, subject to
subsections (2) to (6), any certified copy of an entry purporting to be so
signed shall be received as evidence of the birth or death to which it
relates without any further or other proof of the entry.
Offences
39 Offences relating to registers

[P1953/20/35]
If any person —
(a) being a registrar, refuses or without reasonable cause omits to
register any birth or death or particulars concerning which
information has been tendered to him by a qualified informant
and which he is required by or under this Act to register; or
(b) being a person having the custody of any register of births or
register of deaths, carelessly loses or injures the register or allows
the register to be injured,
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding £1,000.
40 Penalties for failure to give information, etc

[P1953/20/36]
If any person —
(a) being required by or under this Act to give information
concerning any birth or death or any living new-born child or any
dead body, wilfully refuses to answer any question put to him by
the registrar relating to the particulars required to be registered
concerning the birth or death or, save as provided in this Act, fails
to comply with any requirement of the registrar made thereunder;
(b) refuses or fails without reasonable excuse to give, deliver or send
any certificate which he is required by this Act to give, deliver or
send;
(c) being a parent and, save as provided in this Act, fails to give
information concerning the birth of his child as required by this
Act; or
(d) being a parent of a legitimated person, fails to comply with any
requirement of the Chief Registrar made under section 17(4);
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(e) being a person upon whom a duty to give information concerning
a death is imposed by section 19(2)(a) or 20(2)(a), fails to give that
information and that information is not given, or
(f) registers any birth or death, or causes any birth or death to be
registered, in contravention of section 9 or 23 (registration after 12
months),
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding £1,000.
41 Penalty for forging certificate, etc

[P1953/20/370]
If any person forges or falsifies any certificate, declaration or order under this
Act, or knowingly uses, or gives or sends to any person, as genuine any false or
forged certificate, declaration or order for the purposes of this Act, he shall be
guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on information to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine, or to both.
42 Penalties for contravening Part IV

[1926/48/1-5]
Any person who —
(a) disposes of the body of a deceased person without a certificate of
the registrar under section 26 or an order of the coroner;
(b) fails to deliver to the registrar within 96 hours of the disposal of
the body of a deceased person the notification required by
section 28;
(c) removes the body of a deceased person out of the Island in
contravention of section 29; or
(d) disposes, or permits to be disposed, of a still-born child without a
certificate of the registrar under section 14(2) or an order of the
coroner,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding £1,000.
Supplemental
43 Regulations

(1) The Clerk of the Rolls may make regulations prescribing any matter
(other than any fee) which by this Act may be prescribed.
(2) The Treasury may make regulations prescribing any fee which by this
Act may be prescribed, or which by any other Act may be prescribed by
regulations under this subsection.51

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(3) The Treasury may by regulations provide for this Act to apply, with such
adaptations and modifications as appear to it to be necessary, to births
and deaths registered in accordance with regulations made, or having
effect as if made, under section 41(l)(g) to (i) of the British Nationality Act
1981 (an Act of Parliament).52

(4) Regulations under subsection (2) or (3) shall not have effect unless they
are approved by Tynwald.
44 Interpretation

In this Act —
“birth
” includes a live-birth and a still-birth;
“coroner
” means a coroner of inquests;
“disposal
”, in relation to a dead body, means disposal by burial, cremation or
any other means, and cognate expressions shall be construed
accordingly;
“district
” [Repealed]53

“father
”, in relation to an adopted child, means its natural father;
“house
” includes a public institution;
“legitimated person
” includes any person recognised by the law of the Island
as having been legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his parents,
whether or not the recognition was effected under any enactment;
“live-birth
” means the birth of a child born alive;
“marital child
” means —
(a) a child whose parents were married to each other at the time of
his birth or (if the marriage has been terminated before his birth)
at the time of the act of intercourse resulting in his birth;
(b) a child who is treated as legitimate by virtue of section 1 of the
Legitimacy Act 1985.54

(c) a child who is a legitimated person, that is, a person legitimated
or recognised as legitimated —
(i) by the customary law of the Island; or
(ii) under section 2 or 3 of the Legitimacy Act 1985; or55

(iii) by a legitimation (whether or not by virtue of the
subsequent marriage of his parents) recognised by the law
of the Island and effected under the law of any other
country;
(d) a child who is an adopted child;56

(e) any other child who is treated in law as legitimate;
“mother
”, in relation to an adopted child, means its natural mother;
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“non-marital child
” [Repealed]57

“occupier
”, in relation to a public institution, includes the governor, keeper,
master, matron, superintendent or other chief resident officer, and, in
relation to a house let in separate apartments or lodgings, includes any
person residing in the house who is the person under whom the lodgings
or separate apartments are immediately held, or his agent;
“person effecting the disposal
” means —
(a) in the case of a burial under section 12 of the Burials Act 1986, the
person having the charge of or being responsible for the burial;
(b) in the case of any other burial, the person by whom or whose
officer the register of burials in which the burial is to be registered
is kept;
(c) in the case of a cremation, such person as may be prescribed by
regulations under section 6 of the Cremation Act 1957;58

“public institution
” means a prison or hospital, and such other public or
charitable institution as may be prescribed;59

“prescribed
” means prescribed by regulations made under section 43;
“the prescribed particulars
”, in relation to a birth or death, means the
particulars required to be registered concerning the birth or death;
“qualified informant
”, in relation to a birth or death, means a person who is by
this Act required, or stated to be qualified, to give information
concerning that birth or death;
“registrar
” in relation to births, deaths or marriages means any person
appointed for the purpose of registering an event of that class;60

“relative
” includes a relative by marriage or civil partnership;61

“still-born child
” means a child which has issued forth from its mother after the
24th week of pregnancy and which did not at any time after being
completely expelled from its mother, breathe or show any other signs of
life, and the expression “still-birth
” shall be construed accordingly.62

45 Transitional provisions and amendments

(1) The transitional provisions contained in Schedule 2 shall have effect.
(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 are amended in accordance with
that Schedule.
(3) [Repealed]63

46 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Civil Registration Act 1984.
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(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Governor in
Council may by order appoint.64

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SCHEDULE 1
65

SCHEDULE 2

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Section 45(1)
Superintendent registrar
1. The person who at commencement holds the office of superintendent registrar
shall continue to hold office as registrar, subject to section 2(4), but on terms and
conditions no less favourable than those on which he held office immediately before
commencement.
Custody of registers etc.
2. (1) Section 33(3) applies to registers which are at commencement deposited
in the office of the superintendent registrar pursuant to section 54 of the 1924 Act as it
applies to the copies and registers therein mentioned.
(2) Section 35(l) applies to the registers deposited as mentioned in sub-
paragraph (1) as it applies to registers sent to the Chief Registrar under this Act.
(3) Section 35(2) applies to the indexes prepared under section 56 of the 1924
Act as it applies to indexes prepared under section 35(l).
Evidence
3. Section 38 applies, with any necessary modifications, to an entry or a certified
copy of an entry in a register of births and deaths prepared under an enactment
repealed by this Act or by the 1924 Act as it applies to an entry or certified copy of an
entry in a register under this Act.
Re-registration of birth of legitimated person
4. In the case of a person recognised by the law of the Island as having been
legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his parents, and whose birth was not before
commencement required to be re-registered by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the 1928
Act, section 17 shall apply with the substitution in subsections (3) and (4), for the
words “the date of the marriage”, of the words “the commencement of this Act”.
Interpretation
5. In this Schedule —
“commencement
” means the commencement of this Act;
“the 1924 Act
” means the Civil Registration and Dissenters” Marriage Act 1924;
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“the 1928 Act
” means the Legitimacy Act 1928.
SCHEDULE 3
66

SCHEDULE 4
67

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ENDNOTES

Table of Legislation History

Legislation Year and No Commencement






Table of Renumbered Provisions

Original Current






Table of Endnote References

1
S 1 substituted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2 and
amended by Civil Partnership Act 2011 Sch 14. 2
Subs (1) amended by Civil Service Act 1990 Sch 3 and by Marriage and Civil
Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 3
Subs (2) substituted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2.
Para (d) added by Civil Partnership Act 2011 Sch 14.
Ed. note: Para 65(4) of the Civil Partnership Act 2011 Sch 14 provides as follows: “On the
coming into operation of this paragraph [6/4/2011 - see SD151/11] every person holding
an appointment as a registrar of marriages under that section [s 2(2)(d)] is deemed also
to be appointed a registrar of civil partnerships.”. 4
Subs (3) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 5. 5
Subs (4) repealed by Civil Service Act 1990 Sch 4. 6
Subs (6) substituted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 7
Subs (1) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 5. 8
Subs (2) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 9
Para (a) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 10
Subs (4) amended by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 5. 11
Subs (1) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 12
Subs (1) amended by Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2013 s 5. 13
S 12 substituted by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 3. 14
Subs (3) amended by Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2013 s 5. 15
Subs (1) amended by Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2013 s 5. 16
S 13 substituted by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 3.
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17
Subs (1A) inserted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 18
Para (a) amended by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 5. 19
Para (b) amended by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 6. 20
Para (c) amended by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 5 and by Matrimonial Proceedings
Act 2003 Sch 5. 21
S 17A inserted by Family Law Act 1991 s 19. 22
Subs (1) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 23
Subs (2) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 24
Para (b) substituted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 25
Para (d) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 26
Para (e) repealed by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 5. 27
Para (b) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 28
Para (d) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 5. 29
Para (a) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 30
Subs (1) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 31
Para (c) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 32
Subs (2) amended by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 1. 33
Subs (1) amended by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 2. 34
Subs (3) substituted by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 1. 35
Subs (4) substituted by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 1. 36
Subs (4A) inserted by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 1. 37
Subs (4B) inserted by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 1. 38
Subs (5) amended by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 2. 39
Subs (6) amended by Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Sch 1. 40
Subs (3) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 41
Para (b) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 42
Subs (1A) inserted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 43
Subs (2) amended by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 44
Subs (3) substituted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 45
Subs (4) added by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 46
Subs (5) added by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 47
Subs (2) substituted by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 48
Subs (3) added by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 49
Subs (4) added by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 50
Subs (2) amended by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 5. 51
Subs (2) amended by Treasury Act 1985 Sch 2. 52
Subs (3) amended by GC155/91 and by Interpretation Act 1976 s 16A. 53
Definition of “district” repealed by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment)
Act 2011 Sch 5. 54
Para (b) amended by Legitimacy Act 1985 Sch 3. 55
Subpara (ii) substituted by Legitimacy Act 1985 Sch 3. 56
Para (d) amended by Adoption Act 1984 Sch 5.
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Definition of “non-marital child” repealed by Family Law Act 1991 Sch 6. 58
Definition of “person effecting the disposal” inserted by Burials Act 1986 Sch 5. 59
Definition of “public institution” amended by Marriage and Civil Registration
(Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 5. 60
Definition of “registrar” substituted by Marriage and Civil Registration
(Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 2. 61
Definition of “relative” amended by Civil Partnership Act 2011 Sch 14. 62
Definition of “still-born child” amended by Statute Law Revision Act 1992 Sch 1. 63
Subs (3) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1992 Sch 2. 64
ADO (whole Act) 1/1/1985 (GC271/84). 65
Sch 1 repealed by Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 Sch 5. 66
Sch 3 repealed by Education Act 2001 Sch 11. 67
Sch 4 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1992 Sch 2.