Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965
October 22, 2023
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which amended the existing legislation controlling the registration system of births, deaths and marriages in Scotland founded in 1855. The Act set out the roles, responsibilities and functions of the Registrar General for Scotland, and the ability of the Registrar-General to appoint other Registrars. The Act also provides for a yearly report to be published by the Registrar-General delineating annual trends in Scotland's population - including estimated population size, birth rates, death rates and migration rates to be presented to Scottish Ministers.
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965[1]
Text of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Text of the Act (with subsequent amendments)
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registration, births, deaths, marriages, scotland, 1965, parliament, united, kingdom, which, amended, existing, legislation, controlling, registration, system, births, deaths, marriages, scotland, founded, 1855, roles, responsibilities, functions, registrar, g. The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Scotland Act 1965 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amended the existing legislation controlling the registration system of births deaths and marriages in Scotland founded in 1855 The Act set out the roles responsibilities and functions of the Registrar General for Scotland and the ability of the Registrar General to appoint other Registrars The Act also provides for a yearly report to be published by the Registrar General delineating annual trends in Scotland s population including estimated population size birth rates death rates and migration rates to be presented to Scottish Ministers Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Scotland Act 1965 1 Parliament of the United KingdomCitation1965 c 49Territorial extent ScotlandDatesRoyal assent5 August 1965The Act has been substantially amended in many areas with succeeding legislation such as the Local Government Scotland Act 1973 the Marriage Scotland Act 1977 the Adoption Scotland Act 1978 the British Nationality Act 1981 and the Scotland Act 1998 The Scotland Act transferred overall control of the Registrar General for Scotland and the General Register Office for Scotland from the Scottish Office to the Scottish Executive the devolved government of Scotland However many of the central functions of the General Register Office for Scotland continue to be governed by the Act Contents 1 See also 2 References 3 External links 3 1 UK LegislationSee also EditDemographics of Scotland Scottish People Politics of Scotland General Register Office for ScotlandReferences Edit Short title as conferred by s 59 of the ActExternal links EditGeneral Register Office for Scotland Official government source for Scottish genealogyUK Legislation Edit Text of the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Scotland Act 1965 as in force today including any amendments within the United Kingdom from legislation gov uk Text of the Act with subsequent amendments nbsp nbsp This article related to law in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This legislation in the United Kingdom or its constituent jurisdictions article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Scotland Act 1965 amp oldid 1168113271, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
