Legislation

Civil Registry

Births and Deaths

• Civil Registration Act 1984 (as amended)
• Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 2011
• Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2012
• Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2014
• Legitimacy Act 1985

Parental Orders

• Parental Orders Regulations 2001

Marriage and Civil Partnerships

• Marriage Act 1984 (as amended)
• Registration of Marriages Regulations 2011
• Marriage and Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2011
• Civil Partnership Act 2011
• Registration of Civil Partnerships Regulations 2011
• Registration of Civil Partnerships (Amendment) Regulations 2011
• Civil Partnership (Conversion to Marriage) Regulations 2016
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Amendment) Act 2016
• Guidance Issued by the Clerk of the Rolls

Adoption

• Adoption Act 1984 (as amended)
• Adoption (Birth Records) Regulations 1985
• The Registration of Foreign Adoptions Regulations 2003
• Adoption Act 2021

Gender Recognition

• Gender Recognition Act 2009
• Gender Recognition Register Regulations 2010

Fees

• Registration of Births and Deaths (Fees) Regulations 2016
• Registration of Marriages (Fees) Regulations 2016
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Venues, etc) (Fees) Order 2016
• Civil Partnership (Fees) Order 2016
• Civil Partnership (Conversion to Marriage) Fees Order 2016