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Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953

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Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953

(SR 1953/69)

  • Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

PURSUANT to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.

Contents

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2 

2A 

2B 

3  [Revoked]

Schedule

1

  • (1) These regulations may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953.

    (2) These regulations shall come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

2

  • (1) A certificate under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951 of the date of any birth or death shall be in such form set out in the Schedule hereto as is applicable to the circumstances of the case.

    (2) A certificate of birth or of death for the purposes of the Post Office Savings Bank, issued pursuant to section 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951, shall be in such form set out in the Schedule hereto as is applicable to the circumstances of the case.

    (3) The provisions of this regulation shall apply to all births and deaths, whether of Maoris or otherwise.

    (4) The regulations made under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1924 on the 7th day of December 1925, and published in the Gazette of the 21st day of January 1926 at page 146, are hereby revoked.

2A

  • Every certified copy of an entry of birth under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951 shall be in such form as set out in the Schedule hereto as is applicable to the circumstances of the case, and shall include such particulars as are set out in the appropriate form.

    Regulation 2A was inserted, as from 1 April 1954, by regulation 2 Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953, Amendment No 1 (SR 1954/35).

2B

  • (1) Every certified copy of an entry of death shall be in either form 2 in Schedule 1 to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951, or in form 11 in the Schedule hereto.

    (2) Every certified copy of an entry of death shall include the particulars set out in the form used for the purpose of the copy.

    Regulation 2B was inserted, as from 1 April 1956, by regulation 2 Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953, Amendment No 2 (SR 1956/35).

3

  • [Revoked]

    Regulation 3 was revoked, as from 1 January 1962, by section 9(1) Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1961 (1961 No 23)

Schedule

Form No 1
Certificate of date of birth

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I CERTIFY that, according to the record of the birth in my office, ............ was born at ............ on the ......... day of......... 1..... Registrar of Births and Deaths. Dated at .........., the ............ day of ............ 19.....

Form No 2
Certificate of date of birth

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CERTIFIED that, according to the record of the birth in the Registrar-General's Office, ............ was born at .......... on the .......... day of ........ 1.... Given under the hand (or seal) of the Registrar-General at Wellington, the .............. day of .......... 19.....

Form No 3
Certificate of date of death

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I CERTIFY that, according to the record of the death in my office, .......... died at ............. on the ........... day of............ 1.... Registrar of Births and Deaths. Dated at .............. the .......... day of ........... 19.......

Form No 4
Certificate of date of death

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CERTIFIED that, according to the record of the death in the Registrar-General's Office, ............. died at ........ on the ............ day of .......... 1...... Given under the hand (or seal) of the Registrar-General at Wellington, the ............. day of ................ 19..

Form No 5
Certificate of birth for Post Office Savings Bank purposes

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(To be retained by the savings bank) I CERTIFY that, according to the record of the birth in my office, ............... was born at ........... on the ............. day of ......... 1....., and his (her) parents were ............. and ............ formerly................ Registrar of Births and Deaths. Dated at ............, the .......... day of .......... 19.... NOTE—This certificate is issued for Post Office Savings Bank purposes only, and is not available for any other purpose. (See section 41(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951.)

Form No 6
Certificate of birth for Post Office Savings Bank purposes

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(To be retained by the savings bank) CERTIFIED that, according to the record of the birth in the Registrar-General's office, ............... was born at ............ on the .......... day of ............ 1....., and that his (her) parents were ........ and ........ formerly ............ Given under the hand (or seal) of the Registrar-General at Wellington, the ............ day of ........... 19..... NOTE—This certificate is issued for Post Office Savings Bank purposes only, and is not available for any other purpose. (See section 41(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951.)

Form No 7
Certificate of death for Post Office Savings Bank purposes

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(To be retained by the savings bank) I CERTIFY that, according to the record of the death in my office, ............. died at ............. on the .......... day of .......... 1...., and that the following particulars are recorded in the entry of death: (1) Age of deceased: ................ (2) Name and surname of father of deceased: ............. (3) Name and surname of mother of deceased: ............. (4) To whom deceased was married: ................. (5) Living issue of deceased (ages each sex): .............. Dated at .............., the ........... day of ........ 19.... Registrar of Births and Deaths. NOTE—This certificate is issued for Post Office Savings Bank purposes only, and is not available for any other purpose. (See section 41(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951.)

Form No 8
Certificate of death for Post Office Savings Bank purposes

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(To be retained by the savings bank) CERTIFIED that, according to the record of the death in the Registrar-General's Office, ............. died at ......... on the ........... day of ......... 1...., and that the following particulars are recorded in the entry of death: Age of deceased: ............ Name and surname of father of deceased: ............ Name and surname of mother of deceased: ............ To whom deceased was married: ............. Living issue of deceased (ages each sex): ............ Given under the hand (or seal) of the Registrar-General at Wellington, the .............. day of ........... 19.... NOTE—This certificate is issued for Post Office Savings Bank purposes only, and is not available for any other purpose. (See section 41(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951.)

Form No 9
Certified copy of entry in the register book of births at ..........

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  • Forms 9 and 10 were inserted, as from 1 April 1954, by regulation 3 Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953, Amendment No 1 (SR 1954/35).

Form No 10
Certified copy of entry of birth in the Registrar-General's office

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  • Forms 9 and 10 were inserted, as from 1 April 1954, by regulation 3 Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953, Amendment No 1 (SR 1954/35).

Form 11
Certified copy of entry of death

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  • Form 11 was inserted, as from 1 April 1956, by regulation 3 Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953, Amendment No 2 (SR 1956/35).

TJ SHERRARD,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

[This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.]

Regulation 2 prescribes forms of certificates in respect of the registration of births and deaths under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951.

The effect of the amendment made by regulation 3 is to permit the Registrar-General to issue under his seal a certificate relating to the registration of the birth or the death of a Maori.

Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936.

Date of notification in Gazette: 18 June 1953.

Contents

  • 1General

  • 2About this eprint

  • 3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

Notes
1 General

  • This is an eprint of the Births and Deaths Registration (Forms) Regulations 1953. It incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 24 January 2009. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.

2 About this eprint

  • This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about officialisation, please see “Making online legislation official” under “Status of legislation on this site” in the About section of this website.

3 List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

  • Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48): section 49(2)

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