Schedule 3, Part 2, paragraph 26(3)

For subsection (3) substitute— “The appropriate Registrar General” means— in relation to a UK birth register entry of which a certified copy is kept by a Registrar General or which is in a register so kept, whichever Registrar General keeps that certified copy or that register; in relation to a UK birth register entry in a register kept under section 1 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, the Registrar General for England and Wales. For the purposes of this section each of the following is a Registrar General— the Registrar General for England and Wales; the Registrar General for Scotland; the Registrar General for Northern Ireland.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04