Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
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1 Particulars of births to be registered.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, the birth of every child born in England and Wales shall be registered by the registrar of births and deaths for the sub–district in which the child was born by entering in a register kept for that sub–district 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: Provided that, where a still–born child is found exposed and no information as to the place of birth is available, the birth shall be registered by the registrar of births and deaths for the sub–district in which the child is found. (2) 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. (e) in the case of a still–born child found exposed, the person who found the child. (3) In the case of a child who has a parent by virtue of section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the reference in subsection (2)(a) to the father of the child is to be read as a reference to the woman who is a parent by virtue of that section.
1 Particulars of births to be registered.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, the birth of every child born in England and Wales shall be registered by the registrar of births and deaths for the sub–district in which the child was born by entering in a register kept for that sub–district 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: Provided that, where a still–born child is found exposed and no information as to the place of birth is available, the birth shall be registered by the registrar of births and deaths for the sub–district in which the child is found. (2) 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. (e) in the case of a still–born child found exposed, the person who found the child. (3) In the case of a child who has a parent by virtue of section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the reference in subsection (2)(a) to the father of the child is to be read as a reference to the woman who is a parent by virtue of that section.
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