This legislation has been repealed.
(1) A medical officer of health (or any person authorised by a medical officer of health) may, at any reasonable time, inspect the registers kept under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 .
(2) With the authority of the Director-General, an officer of the Department of Health may, at any reasonable time, inspect those registers.
(3) The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages is to make such arrangements as may be necessary for an extract from, or a copy of an entry in, a register to be supplied if required by a medical officer of health (or any person authorised by a medical officer of health), or an officer of the Department of Health, entitled under this section to inspect the register.