The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 20) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the registration of births and deaths in England and Wales.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 43(2) of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleExtent of repeal6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836In section fourteen the words from "and the register" to "box" where next occurring; sections seventeen, eighteen, and thirty-two; section thirty-four from the beginning to "supplied" and from "and the certified" onwards; in section thirty-five the words from "and every" to "marriages"; sections thirty-seven, thirty-eight, forty-six, forty-seven and forty-nine; and schedules A, B and D.7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 22Births and Deaths Registration Act 1837Sections eight, twenty-six, twenty-eight and thirty.37 & 38 Vict. c. 88Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874Sections one to five, seven to sixteen, twenty, twenty-three and thirty; in section thirty-two, the first and third paragraphs; sections thirty-five and thirty-six; in section thirty-seven, the words from the beginning to "effect," paragraph (1) from "and shall" onwards, paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5), and in paragraph (6) the words "under the provisions of this section"; sections thirty-eight to forty-four; in section forty-five the words from the beginning to "Act and" and the words from "where" onwards; sections forty-seven to forty-nine; section fifty-two; and the First, Second and Third Schedules.16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 48Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926Section two; subsection (2) of section three; sections six and seven; subsection (3) of section thirteen from the words "and the" onwards; and the First Schedule.16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 59Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926Subsection (2) of section twenty-one.16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 60Legitimacy Act 1926Paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of the Schedule.19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17Local Government Act 1929Section twenty-six.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 12Births and Deaths Registration Act 1947The whole act.
Subsequent developments Section 43(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
The act has been amended on several occasions. The Family Law Reform Act 1987 and the Children Act 1989 amended provisions relating to the registration of fathers of illegitimate children. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 amended provisions relating to the registration of parentage in cases involving assisted reproduction. The Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, and the Welfare Reform Act 2009 made further amendments.
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