
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Gender Recognition Register (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 4th April 2005.
2 

(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires –
 “the 2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004;
 “the Adopted Children Register” means the registers compiled by the Registrar General under section 11 of the Adoption of Children Act (Northern Ireland) 1929, section 14 of the Adoption of Children Act (Northern Ireland) 1950, section 23 of the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and Article 50 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;
 “Parental Order Register” means the register held by the Registrar General under Article 50 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 as modified by Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
3 
The particulars to be contained in an entry in the Gender Recognition Register are –
(a) where the birth has been registered by a registrar in Northern Ireland and there is no more recent entry in a register referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), the particulars set out in –
(i) where the record of the birth was created on or before 30th September 1973, Part 1 of Schedule 1;
(ii) where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st October 1973 and on or before 1st December 1996, Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(iii) where the record of the birth was created on or after 2nd December 1996, Part 3 of Schedule 1;
(b) where the most recent UK birth register entry relates to a birth registered in the Adopted Children Register, the particulars set out in –
(i) where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st July 1930 and on or before 30th April 1950, Part 1 of Schedule 2;
(ii) where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st May 1950 and on or before 30th November 1969, Part 2 of Schedule 2;
(iii) where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st December 1969 and on or before 30th September 1989, Part 3 of Schedule 2;
(iv) where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st October 1989, Part 4 of Schedule 2;
(c) where the most recent UK birth register entry relates to a birth registered in the Parental Order Register, the particulars set out in Schedule 3.
4 
Where a person is the subject of a UK birth register entry falling within regulation 3(a) and that entry was made on or before 30th September 1973, the particulars to be contained in the Gender Recognition Register shall include the particulars set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1, if that person so requests.
5 
To secure that the UK birth register entry in his custody is marked for the purposes of paragraph 23(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the 2004 Act, the Registrar General shall mark the entry with the words “Re-registered by the Registrar General”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 1st April 2005.
T. N. Caven
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel

SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 3(a) and 4
PART 1

 Birth Registered in the District of
 in the Superintendent Registrar’s district of
 in the county of
 Entry number
 Date and Place of birth
 Name (if any) (child’s forename(s))
 Sex
 Name and Surname and Dwelling-place of Father
 Name and Surname and Maiden Surname of Mother
 Rank or Profession of Father
 Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant
 When Registered
 Signature of Registrar
 Baptismal Name if added after Registration of Birth and Date

PART 2
Birth registered in the district of
Child – Surname
 – Name
 – Sex
 – Date of birth
 – District of birth
 – Place of birth
Father – Name and surname
 – Occupation
Mother – Name and surname
 – Usual address
 – Maiden surname
 – Surname at marriage(if different from maiden surname)
Informant – Qualification
 – Address
 – Signature
Date of registration
Signature of Registrar
PART 3
Birth registered in the district of
Child – Surname
 – Name
 – Sex
 – Date of birth
 – District of birth
 – Place of birth
Father – Name and surname
 – Occupation
Mother – Name and surname
 – Occupation
 – Usual address
 – Maiden surname
 – Surname at marriage(if different from maiden surname)
Informant – Qualification
 – Address
 – Signature
Date of registration
Signature of Registrar
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3(b)
PART 1

 No. of Entry
 Date of Entry
 Name (not including surname) by which it is intended that the Adopted Child shall be known.
 Sex of Adopted Child.
 Name and Surname, Address and Occupation of Adopter or Adopters.
 Date of Birth of Child, and if Birthplace is not in Northern Ireland, Country of Birth.
 Date of Adoption Order and Description of Court by which made.
 Signature of Officer deputed by Registrar General to attest the Entry.

PART 2

 No. of entry
 Date of birth of child, and if birthplace is not in Northern Ireland, country of birth
 Name and surname of child
 Sex of child
 Name and surname, address and occupation of adopter or adopters
 Date of adoption order and description of court by which made
 Date of entry
 Signature of officer deputed by Registrar General to attest the entry.

PART 3

 No. of entry
 Date and country of birth of child and in the case of an infant born in Northern Ireland, the district of the Superintendent Registrar and/or the Registrar of Births and Deaths in which the birth took place or the district of the Superintendent Registrar and/or the Registrar of Births and Deaths where the court, that made the adoption order, sits.
 Name and surname of child
 Sex of child
 Name and surname, address and occupation of adopter or adopters
 Date of adoption order and description of court by which made
 Date of entry
 Signature of officer deputed by Registrar General to attest the entry.

PART 4

 No. of entry
 Date and country of birth of child and in the case of a child born in Northern Ireland, the registration district in which the birth took place or the registration district where the court, that made the adoption order, sits.
 Name and surname of child
 Sex of child
 Name and surname, address and occupation of adopter or adopters
 Date of adoption order and description of court by which made
 Date of entry
 Signature of officer deputed by Registrar General to attest the entry.

SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 3(c)


 No. of entry
 Date and country of birth of child and in the case of a child born in Northern Ireland, the registration district in which the birth took place.
 Name and surname of child
 Sex of child
 Name and surname, address and occupation of persons who obtained the Parental Order
 Date of Parental Order and description of court by which made
 Date of entry
 Signature of officer deputed by Registrar General to attest the entry.
