The Registration Service Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the registration service in England and Wales.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 23(2) of the act repealed 14 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleExtent of repeal6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 85Marriage Act 1836The whole act.6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836Sections two, three, five to nine, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-nine, thirty-four and thirty-nine.7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 22Births and Deaths Registration Act 1837Sections nine to twelve, fourteen, fifteen, eighteen, twenty and twenty-two.3 & 4 Vict. c. 92Non-parochial Registers Act 1840Section three from the beginning to the word "and".15 & 16 Vict. c. 25General Register Office Act 1852The whole act.17 & 18 Vict. c. 94Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Act 1854In Schedule B, the words "salaries and contingencies of the General Register Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages, England—6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86".19 & 20 Vict. c. 119Marriage and Registration Act 1856Sections fifteen and sixteen.37 & 38 Vict. c. 88Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874Sections twenty-one, twenty-four to twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-two and thirty-three.19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17Local Government Act 1929Sections twenty-one to twenty-five, twenty-seven and twenty-eight; in section one hundred and thirty-one, in proviso (b) to subsection (2), the words from "or a scheme" to "Minister" where next occurring; in the Tenth Schedule, paragraphs 6 and 7 and sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 24.1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 12Population (Statistics) Act 1938In section three, subsection (1) so far as it relates to England and Wales; and subsection (2).9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 26Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946In the Second Schedule, the entry relating to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76Marriage Act 1949Subsection (6) of section fifty-seven; subsection (2) of section fifty-eight from "so" onwards; in section fifty-nine the words from "in accordance with section" onwards; subsection (4) of section sixty-five; and in paragraph (a) of section seventy-four the words "superintendent registrars, registrars and".14 Geo. 6. c. 26Adoption Act 1950Subsection (5) of section seventeen.1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 20Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953Subsection (3) of section forty-three.
Subsequent developments The act has been amended on several occasions. The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 restructured the role of the Registrar General and removed certain administrative provisions. The Immigration Act 2016 removed provisions relating to general fees. The Digital Economy Act 2017 inserted new provisions enabling disclosure of registration information to public authorities. The Data Protection Act 2018 and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 made further amendments.
Section 23(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.
Section 17 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 2 of part VII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986, which came into force on 2 May 1986.
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