The Birth Certificate (Shortened Form) Regulations, 1949
(This Note is not part of the Regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport.) These regulations, which were rendered necessary by the passing of the Adoption of Children Act, 1949, substitute two new regulations for regulations 54 and 55 of the Registration (Births, Still-Births, Deaths and Marriages) Consolidated Regulations, 1927. The effect of the regulations is to add to the old regulations new provisions prescribing the duties of registration officers (a) in making margi...