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Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965

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[F139EAbbreviated extractsS

(1)Where the district registrar for a registration district registers the particulars of a birth or death, that person shall without charge—

(a)immediately after so doing, give to the informant, or

(b)before the expiry of two working days beginning with the date of registration, send to the informant by post,

an abbreviated extract of the entry in the register of births or, as the case may be, deaths.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to—

(a)re-registration of a birth under section 20 of this Act, or

(b)registration of a still-birth under section 21 of this Act.

(3)Subject to subsection (5) below, where a person pays such fee as may be prescribed—

(a)the district registrar for a registration district shall issue to the person an abbreviated extract of—

(i)an entry in a register of births or deaths kept by the registrar; or

(ii)a copy of an entry in a register of births or deaths to which the registrar has access by virtue of section 39C of this Act,

(b)the Registrar General shall issue to the person an abbreviated extract of an entry in a register of births or deaths kept by the Registrar General.

(4)An abbreviated extract shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.

(5 ) An abbreviated extract based on information contained in the Adopted Children Register maintained under [F2 section   53(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4)] —

(a)shall not include any reference to adoption, and

(b)may be obtained only from the Registrar General.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 39A-39E substituted for ss. 39, 40 (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 for further specified purposes) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 44(5), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)

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