Acts and Regulations

87-30 - General

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 87-30
under the
Vital Statistics Act
(O.C. 87-212)
Filed March 30, 1987
  Under section 52 of the Vital Statistics Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
1This Regulation may be cited as the General Regulation - Vital Statistics Act.
2In this Regulation
“Act” means the Vital Statistics Act.
3Repealed: 96-100
93-28; 96-100
4Where the Registrar General has reason to believe that a birth, stillbirth, marriage or death has occurred and has not been registered, the Registrar General shall make inquiries so that he may properly register the birth, stillbirth, marriage or death.
5(1)Where a death has not been registered within one year after its occurrence, it shall not be registered unless authorized by the Registrar General.
5(2)The Registrar General may request such further information or documentation in respect of the death as the Registrar General considers necessary before authorizing a death to be registered more than one year after the date of its occurrence.
96-100
6(1)Subject to subsection (2), the evidence on which the Registrar General may register a birth after one year from the date of its occurrence is:
(a) a statement of the birth by an official of the hospital facility or other institution where the birth occurred;
(b) a statement from the medical practitioner who was in attendance at the time of the birth;
(c) a statement of the nurse who assisted at the time of the birth or a sworn declaration of any other attendant who assisted at the time of the birth;
(d) a baptismal certificate, cradle roll certificate or other such church record made before the person was five years of age which shows the date of birth and the date of entry;
(e) a newspaper clipping showing the date of birth and the date of publication of the newspaper if published before the person was five years of age; or
(f) an insurance policy, if it was taken out before the person reached five years of age, showing the date of birth and the date the policy was issued.
6(2)Where none of the items prescribed in subsection (1) is available, any two of the following are evidence on which the Registrar General may register a birth after one year from the date of its occurrence:
(a) a school record showing the age of the person or the date of birth which was made as close as possible to the first year of entering school;
(b) a record of a census, preferably taken nearest to the date of birth, showing the date of birth or the age of the person at the time the census was taken;
(c) a dated letter or telegram received by a person shortly after the birth showing the date of birth;
(d) a baptismal certificate, cradle roll certificate or other church record made after the person was five years of age and before twenty-one years of age which shows the date of birth and the date of entry and if the person is a married woman, the certificate must be in her maiden name;
(e) a vaccination certificate, an immunization record or a record of another medical procedure, if made when the person was ten years of age or less, showing the date of birth and the date of entry;
(f) a record of immigration to another country showing the date and place of birth and the date of entry if made when the person was ten years of age or less;
(g) a certified copy or certified photocopy of a marriage record which shows the age of the contracting parties;
(h) a National Registration Record; or
(i) information in a baby book or family bible showing the date of birth of the person and the date of entry if made within ten years after the birth.
93-28
7The evidence on which the Registrar General may register a marriage after one year from the date of its occurrence is:
(a) a copy of the church record of the marriage;
(b) a copy of the clerk of the court’s record of the marriage;
(c) a certified copy of the certificate of marriage;
(d) a certified copy of the certificate of banns; or
(e) a newspaper clipping of the announcement of the marriage or a certified extract of the newspaper showing the date of marriage and the date of publication if published within one year after the date of the marriage.
8A funeral director shall submit a notice of burials to the Registrar General each week.
9No funeral director shall bury, cremate or otherwise dispose of or permit the burial, cremation or other disposal of the body of a person who dies outside the Province unless a burial permit has been issued by the proper authority of the place where death occurred.
10Where a burial permit has been issued by the Registrar General, the funeral director shall endorse on the burial permit the date of burial, cremation or other disposal of the body.
11Repealed: 96-100
88-20; 94-131; 96-100
11.1The classes of persons to which section 23 of the Act applies are those classes of persons who were placed for adoption by
(a) agreements of indenture of adoption that were made between the New Brunswick Protestant Orphan’s Home and adoptive parents before April 29, 1952 and that clearly indicate that the child was to be adopted,
(b) agreements of adoption that were made before January 1, 1947 between birth parents, a birth parent or the Children’s Aid Society and adoptive parents or an adoptive parent, that clearly indicate that the child was to be adopted and in which the child to be adopted is clearly identified and the signatures of the parties are properly attested to,
(c) the Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus Home Findings Association, the Evangeline Home or the Catholic Welfare Bureau before April 29, 1952 by a formal adoption agreement clearly indicating that the child was to be adopted, or where there are in the office of the Registrar General documents indicating that the person was placed for adoption, or
(d) an organization referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) where the documentation referred to does not clearly indicate that the child was to be adopted but where the organization provides further documentation satisfying the Registrar General that the child was to be adopted by the person or persons with whom the child was placed.
88-20
12New Brunswick Regulation 66-43 under the Health Act is repealed.
13This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 1987.
FORM 1
Repealed: 96-100
96-100
FORM 2
Repealed: 96-100
96-100
FORM 3
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 4
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 5
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 6
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 7
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 8
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 9
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 10
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 10.1
Repealed: 96-100
94-131; 96-100
FORM 11
Repealed: 96-100
88-20; 94-131; 96-100
FORM 11.1
Repealed: 94-131
88-20; 94-131
FORM 12
Repealed: 94-131
88-20; 88-260; 94-131
FORM 13
Repealed: 94-131
94-131; 96-100
FORM 14
Repealed: 96-100
96-100
FORM 15
Repealed: 96-100
96-100
N.B. This Regulation is consolidated to December 31, 1996.