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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 4th April 1988.
(2) In these Regulations “the main Regulations” means the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987.
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After regulation 4 of the main Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation:—“
4A 
Where under section 14A of the Act the Registrar General authorises the relevant registrar to re-register a birth that occurred in Wales, then provided that:—
(a) a qualified informant elects for the particulars required by regulation 26A of the principal Regulations to be entered in Welsh as well as English, and
(b) the informant gives the particulars referred to in regulation 26A(a) of the principal Regulations in Welsh personally to the relevant registrar, and
(c) the relevant registrar can understand and write Welsh,the relevant registrar shall:—
(i) enter the particulars referred to in regulation 26A(a) in Welsh as well as English;
(ii) enter particulars of the informant in spaces 11 to 13 in Welsh as well as English;
(iii) call upon the informant to verify the particulars entered and to sign the entry in space 14;
(iv) enter the words required by regulation 26A(b) of the principal Regulations and regulation 3 of these Regulations (those words being entered in spaces 11 to 14 as required by regulation 26A(b) of the principal Regulations in addition to any particulars entered in those spaces by virtue of paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this regulation);
(v) draw a line through any unused space;
(vi) enter in space 15 the date on which the entry is made and sign the entry in space 16, adding his official description.”.
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In Schedule 3 of the main Regulations after the entry relating to regulation 23(b) there shall be inserted the following entries in columns (1), (2) and (3) respectively:—“

(1) (2) (3)
Regulations Form of words required Welsh version
Reg. 26A(b)(i)Pursuant to section 14A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on the authority of the Registrar General Yn unol ag adran 14A Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 26A(b)(ii) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 26C(b) Re-registered under section 14A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Ail-gofrestrwyd dan adran 14A Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953”
Given under my hand on 25th March 1988
G. T. Banks
Registrar General
I approve
Peter Walker
Secretary of Wales
31st March