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Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

Birth, marriage and death certificates.

[1933 UA, s. 31; 1935 WOPS, s. 59; 1942 IU, s. 54; 1944 CA, s. 13; 1948, s. 8; 1952, s. 50; S.I. No. 61 of 1953 ; S.I. No. 384 of 1952 ]

303.—(1) Where, for the purposes of this Act (other than Chapter 6 of Part III ), the age, marriage or death of any person is required to be proved by the production of a certificate of birth, marriage or death any person shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as may be directed by the Minister for Health, be entitled to obtain, on payment of the fee set out therefor—

(a) a copy of an entry in a register of birth—five pence,

(b) a copy of an entry in a register of deaths—seven and one-half pence,

(c) a copy of an entry in a register of marriages—seven and one-half pence,

certified under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof.

[ S.I. No. 168 of 1977 ]

(2) Where, for the purposes of Chapter 6 of Part III or regulations made under that Chapter, the age, marriage or death of any person is required to be proved by the production of a certificate of birth, marriage or death, any person shall, on presenting a written request in such form and containing such particulars as may be directed by the Minister for Health, be entitled free of charge to obtain a certified copy of the entry of the birth, marriage or death (as the case may be) of that person in the register of births, marriages or deaths (as the case may be) under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof.

(3) Forms for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) shall be supplied on request without any charge by every registrar of births and deaths and by every superintendent registrar or other person having the custody of the register.

(4) The Minister for Health may, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, by regulations alter the fees set out in subsection (1).