§ (1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the keeping of records of deaths and births occurring, and marriages solemnized, outside the United Kingdom among, Or among the families of—
- (a)members of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces, or
- (b)persons serving Her Majesty in, or otherwise employed in any capacity connected with, Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces, or persons belonging to or employed by any organisation concerned with the welfare of members of those forces.
§ (2)An Order in Council under this section may provide—
- (a)for the transmission of certified copies of any such records to the Registrar General for England and Wales, and
- (b)for the transmission by the said Registrar General in such cases as may be specified in the Order of extracts from such certified copies to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland or the Registrar General for Northern Ireland.
§ (3)An entry in a record kept under an Order in Council under this section which relates to, or to the family of, a person of any description specified in paragraph (b)of subsection (1)of this section shall not be questioned on the ground that that person did not fall within any more particular description contained in the Order.
§ (4)After the commencement of this Act no further entry shall be made under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Army)Act, 1879 (which, as amended under the Air Force (Constitution)Act, 1917, provides for the recording of deaths, births and marriages of members of Her Majesty's military or air forces or their families overseas), in any register kept under that Act and an Order in Council under this section may provide for the transmission of any such registers to the Registrar General for England and Wales and for the transmission by him of certified copies of entries in such registers to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland or the Registrar General for Northern Ireland.
§ (5)In this section references to a person's family shall include references to any relative, dependant or servant ordinarily living with him."—[Mr. Dudley Williams.]
§ Lords Amendment made: In page 1, line 5, after the Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause B: