5. Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) It is the duty of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) to furnish to the registrar such evidence in his or her possession or within his or her power to so furnish, relating to the required particulars of the birth as may be requested by the registrar.”,

(b) in subsection (3) —

(i) in paragraph (b), the substitution of “the birth,” for “the birth, and”, and

(ii) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(ba) to furnish to the registrar such evidence in his or her possession or within his or her power to so furnish, relating to the required particulars of the birth as may be requested by the registrar, and”,

(c) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(5A) The registrar shall notify the Superintendent Registrar of the registration area to which the registrar is assigned, who shall advise an tArd-Chláraitheoir of a request in that behalf, and an tArd-Chláraitheoir, on production to him or her of such evidence as he or she considers adequate to show that exceptional circumstances exist such that it is necessary for the relief of undue hardship, may direct the Superintendent Registrar to cause the birth to be registered notwithstanding that a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) or a qualified informant has not signed the register.”,

and

(d) in subsection (6), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) in so far as it relates to a child who makes a request under section 22(2)(d) or 23A(1), the child,”.