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(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2007.
(2) In this Order—
 “the 1965 Act” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965; and
 “the 2006 Act” means the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006.
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The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 14th January 2008—
(a) section 42(3)(b) for the purpose of the insertion of section 23(1A)(a) (registration by personal attendance at registration office) of the 1965 Act;
(b) section 42(6) for the purpose of the insertion of section 25B (registration of deaths) of the 1965 Act,and section 42(1) for the purposes of the commencement of those provisions of the 2006 Act.
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Prior to the commencement of section 23(1A)(b) of the 1965 Act (registration without personal attendance at registration office)—
(a) manuscript signature is the manner of attestation prescribed; and
(b) the form in Schedule 10 to the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997  is the form prescribed as the death registration form,for the purposes of section 23(1A)(a) of the 1965 Act .
JIM MATHER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th December 2007