Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014
Number 34 of 2014
CIVIL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 20 November 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Act 2020 (21/2020), enacted 26 November 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), made 26 November 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 34 of 2014
CIVIL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 20 November 2020
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Civil Registration Acts 2004 to 2019: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Civil Registration Act 2004 (3/2004)
• Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2005 (19/2005)
• Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (22/2008), s. 25
• Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2012 (48/2012)
• Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (20/2013), Part 3
• Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014)
• Child and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), Part 9
• Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 (37/2018), Part 4
• Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), other than s. 13
• Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), Part 3
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019)
• Marriage Act 2015 (35/2015)
• Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015)
All Acts up to and including Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Act 2020 (21/2020), enacted 26 November 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020)
• Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 359 of 2016)
• Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015)
All statutory instruments up to and including European Union (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 233 of 2019), made 24 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 34 of 2014
CIVIL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 20 November 2020
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, collective citation and commencement
Amendment of Principal Act
3. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act
4. Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act
5. Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act
6. Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act
8. Re-registration on foot of court order
9. Failure to agree surname and subsequent registration of surname
10. Amendment of section 28 of Principal Act
11. Amendment of section 37 of Principal Act
12. Notification of early neonatal deaths
14. Amendment of section 45 of Principal Act
15. Amendment of section 46 of Principal Act
16. Amendment of section 51 of Principal Act
17. Amendment of section 52 of Principal Act
18. Amendment of section 58 of Principal Act
19. Marriage ceremonies performed at certain embassies or diplomatic missions
20. Amendment of section 59A of Principal Act
21. Amendment of section 59B of Principal Act
22. Amendment of section 59C of Principal Act
23. Amendment of section 59D of Principal Act
24. Amendment of section 59E of Principal Act
25. Amendment of section 59F of Principal Act
26. Civil Partnership ceremonies performed at certain embassies or diplomatic missions
27. Amendment of section 61 of Principal Act
28. Amendment of section 64 of Principal Act
29. Amendment of section 66 of Principal Act
30. Amendment of section 67 of Principal Act
31. Amendment of section 68 of Principal Act
32. Amendment of section 69 of Principal Act
33. Amendment of section 70 of Principal Act
34. Amendment of First Schedule to Principal Act
Miscellaneous Amendments
35. Amendment of Immigration Act 2003
36. Amendment of Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
Acts Referred to
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)
Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3)
Civil Registration Acts 2004 to 2013
Education Act 1998 (No. 51)
Immigration Act 2003 (No. 26)
Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (No. 14)
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993 (No. 27)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Status of Children Act 1987 (No. 26)
Number 34 of 2014
CIVIL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 20 November 2020
An Act to amend and extend the Civil Registration Act 2004; to amend the Immigration Act 2003; to amend the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
[4 th December, 2014]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: