58.— (1) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall maintain a register to be known as the Garda Síochána Deaths Register Book (in this section referred to as the Deaths Book) and shall cause an entry to be made in the Deaths Book of each record of a death transmitted in accordance with section 57(2)(b).

(2) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall maintain a register to be known as the Garda Síochána Births Register Book (in this section referred to as the Births Book) and shall cause an entry to be made in the Births Book of each record of a birth transmitted in accordance with section 57(2)(b).

(3) An entry made under subsection (1) or (2) must be in such form as may be specified in the regulations under section 57 and must contain such particulars as may be specified in those regulations.

(4) For the purposes of the Civil Registration Act 2004, the Deaths Book and the Births Book are deemed to be register books within the meaning of those Acts, but section 27(3) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland) 1880 has, in its application to the Deaths Book and the Births Book, effect as if—

(a) “upon payment of the appointed fee, and” were deleted, and

(b) the reference to a statutory declaration made by one or more persons required by that Act to give information concerning the birth or death referred to in that paragraph were a reference to a statement in writing made by a person specified under section 57(2)(a).

(5) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall keep at his or her office an index to the Deaths Book and an index to the Births Book.

(6) Any person is entitled to search the index to the Deaths Book and the index to the Births Book and to have a certified copy of an entry in either book or of items contained in the entry on the same terms and conditions in all respects as to fees and otherwise that are applicable under the Civil Registration Act 2004 or any other enactment in respect of the registers of births and deaths.

(7) Fees payable under subsection (6) are to be collected and disposed of in the same manner as fees payable under the Civil Registration Act 2004.