Subsection (1) of section 64 specifies that the repeal of section 28 of the BDRA 1953 by section 61 does not affect the following:
The requirement under section 28(2) of the BDRA 1953 for every superintendent registrar to continue to keep any records in their office of any registers of live-births or deaths which are in their custody immediately before the repeal comes into force; or
The requirement under section 28(4) of the BDRA 1953 for the Registrar General to continue to keep any certified copies (quarterly returns) which are in the possession of the Registrar General and that such records need to be retained as per existing procedures. The Registrar General is also required to keep any registers of still-births that were forwarded to the Registrar General before the coming into force of the repeal and such records need to be kept as per existing procedures.
	Subsection (2) places a requirement on registrars to send any unfilled paper register of births or deaths, which are in their possession before this section comes into force, to the superintendent registrar for them to be kept by the superintendent registrar.
	Subsection (3) places a requirement on registrars to send any unfilled paper register of still- births, which are in their possession before this section comes into force, to the Registrar General for them to be kept by the Registrar General at the General Register Office.
	Subsection (4) allows the Registrar General to dispose of certified copies (quarterly returns) of still-birth entries in any register of still-births received under section 28(3) of the BDRA 1953 or under subsection (3) of section 61 above. The Registrar General may also dispose of any information contained in those entries and held by the Registrar General in electronic form by virtue of section 27 of the BDRA 1953.
	Subsection (5) specifies how copies of registers of births and deaths which have been held in any form other than hardcopy form (such as electronically) during the period outlined in subsection (6) are to be treated:
Subsection (5)(a) provides that those copies of birth and death registers are to be treated as the register for the sub-district on and after the day section 61 comes into force;
Subsection (5)(b) provides that the register is to be treated for the purposes of section 25(3) of the BDRA 1953 as having been kept in the form in which the copy was kept;
Subsection (5)(c) provides that any entry in the register signed by a person before section 61 comes into force is to be treated as having been signed by the person for the purposes of the BDRA 1953;
Subsection (5)(d) allows the Registrar General to dispose of any certified copies received under section 27 of the BDRA 1953 and any information contained in those entries where they are also kept in electronic form.
	Subsection (6) outlines the period referred to in subsection (5) as (a) beginning on 1 July 2009, and (b) ending immediately before the day section 61 comes into force.
Part 4: Registers of births and deaths Section 64: Treatment of existing registers and records