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7. For the purpose of these Regulations, the appropriate Registrar-General shall be ascertained as follows:—
(a)where it appears to the Minister that an entry in the record of births relates to the birth of a child the father of whom, or, if the child is illegitimate, the mother of whom, was at the time of the birth usually resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a certified copy of the entry shall be sent to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland, or the Registrar-General for Northern Ireland, as the case may require;
(b)where it appears to the Minister that an entry in the record of deaths or missing persons relates to a person who, at the time of his death, or (in the case of a missing person) at the time when he was reported missing, was usually resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a certified copy of the entry shall be sent to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland, or the Registrar-General for Northern Ireland, as the case may require;
(c)in every other case, a certified copy of an entry in the record of births, deaths, or missing persons, shall be sent to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England.
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