List of processing activities for registrars, superintendent registrars and registration authorities

2. Sharing of registration information

Civil Registration services

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RECIPIENTPURPOSEINFORMATIONPERSONAL INFORMATIONSTATUTORY PROVISIONLAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR)
Applicant for a certificateTo obtain a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership entryWhere the applicant can identify the relevant entry and pay the fee, all the information contained in a birth, death or marriage entry; name, surname and date of birth for a short certificate; full details from a civil partnership entry where the applicant can provide the address of the civil partners; all information excluding address of the civil partners where the applicant cannot provide it.YesS31 and S33 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953; S64 Marriage Act Regulation 15 Civil partnership (Registration provisions) Regulations 20056 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Superintendent registrarTo certify registration recordsQuarterly returns of births (including still- births) and death registrations from registrarsYesS26 Births and Deaths Registration Act 19536 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Superintendent registrarTo certify registration recordsQuarterly returns of marriage registrations from everyone required to register marriagesYesS57 Marriage Act 19496 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Registrar GeneralTo compile and maintain a central record of registration eventsCertified copies of birth (including still births) and death registrations from superintendent registrarsYes27 Births and Deaths Registration Act 19536 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Registrar GeneralTo support UK Statistics Authority requirement to produce statistical informationBirth, still-birth and death confidential particulars to be collected by the RGYesS2 Population (Statistics) Act 19386 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Registrar GeneralTo support UK Statistics Authority requirement to produce statistical informationBirth, still-birth and death voluntary particularsYesNo provision6 (e) public task; The right to have personal data erased does not apply
Registrar GeneralTo support UK Statistics Authority requirement to produce statistical informationMedical Certificate of Cause of Death additional informationYesRegulation 11 The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Regulations 19686 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Registrar GeneralTo compile and maintain a central record of registration eventsCertified copies of marriage registrations from superintendent registrarsYesS58 Marriage Act 19496 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Registrar GeneralTo report an offence or suspicion of an offenceForged documentsYesRegulation 72(1)(b) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (births and deaths); Regulation 23(1) of the Registration of Marriage Regulations 2015 (marriages); Regulation 18 of the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 (civil partnerships)6 (c) legal obligation; The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply
Registrar GeneralCrime fighting purposesSuspicious applications for birth certificates, benefit fraud, fraudulent documents etc.YesSchedule 6 Immigration Act 20146 (e) public task; The right to have personal data erased does not apply

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