Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022

Consequential amendments to Act of 2004

58. The Act of 2004 is amended—

(a) in section 8, by the insertion, in subsection (1), of the following paragraph after paragraph (eeeee):

“(eeeeee) to establish and maintain a register and index for the purpose of the registration of the particulars to which section 30I applies,”,

(b) in section 13(1)—

(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (j), of “decrees of nullity of civil partnerships),” for “decrees of nullity of civil partnerships), and”,

(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (k), of “the register of gender recognition),” for “the register of gender recognition).”,

(iii) by the substitution, in paragraph (l), of “the register of presumed deaths), and” for “the register of presumed deaths),”, and

(iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (l):

“(m) a register of particulars to which section 30I applies (which shall be known as the register under Part 3B of the Civil Registration Act 2004 , and is referred to in this Act as the register under Part 3B).”,

(c) in section 61, by the substitution, in subsection (3), of “stillbirths, gender recognition or to the register under Part 3B or an index to any of those registers” for “stillbirths or gender recognition or an index to either of those registers”, and

(d) in section 69, by the insertion, in subsection (8), of “30G(2),” after “24(5),”.