REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Gender Recognition Register (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 4th April 2005. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires – “the 2004 Act ” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004; “the Adopted Children Register” means the registers compiled by the Registrar General under section 11 of the Adoption of Children Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 , section 14 of the Adoption of Children Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 , section 23 of the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and Article 50 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 ; “Parental Order Register” means the register held by the Registrar General under Article 50 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 as modified by Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994 . 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Particulars to be entered in the Gender Recognition Register 3 The particulars to be contained in an entry in the Gender Recognition Register are – a where the birth has been registered by a registrar in Northern Ireland and there is no more recent entry in a register referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), the particulars set out in – i where the record of the birth was created on or before 30th September 1973, Part 1 of Schedule 1; ii where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st October 1973 and on or before 1st December 1996, Part 2 of Schedule 1; iii where the record of the birth was created on or after 2nd December 1996, Part 3 of Schedule 1; b where the most recent UK birth register entry relates to a birth registered in the Adopted Children Register, the particulars set out in – i where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st July 1930 and on or before 30th April 1950, Part 1 of Schedule 2; ii where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st May 1950 and on or before 30th November 1969, Part 2 of Schedule 2; iii where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st December 1969 and on or before 30th September 1989, Part 3 of Schedule 2; iv where the record of the birth was created on or after 1st October 1989, Part 4 of Schedule 2; c where the most recent UK birth register entry relates to a birth registered in the Parental Order Register, the particulars set out in Schedule 3. Additional particulars in certain cases 4 Where a person is the subject of a UK birth register entry falling within regulation 3(a) and that entry was made on or before 30th September 1973, the particulars to be contained in the Gender Recognition Register shall include the particulars set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1, if that person so requests. Marking of previous entry 5 To secure that the UK birth register entry in his custody is marked for the purposes of paragraph 23(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the 2004 Act, the Registrar General shall mark the entry with the words “Re-registered by the Registrar General”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 1st April 2005. T. N. Caven Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel