What the official record says
This Act is the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date of Royal assent. This Act comes into force as follows: (which contains regulation-making powers) comes into force on the day after the date of Royal assent: the following provisions come into force on the third anniversary of the date of Royal assent: (which enables a parent notifying the birth of a child to specify whether they wish to appear as mother, father, or parent on the birth certificate): (which requires a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner to provide a preliminary notice of death to the Registrar-General): (which requires the Registrar-General to include, in the access register kept under that section, information about a person requesting a