Alex White (Labour)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 4, line 11, after "2004" to insert the following:

"or the corresponding provision of any statute repealed by that Act".

This is a technical amendment. I understand the Minister of State has received advice on this and that he spoke about it in the other House. However, if the corresponding section is not amended in the way proposed, there is a risk that birth certificates issued prior to the Civil Registration Act 2004 might be open to question. There was some suggestion that the Minister of State might return to this issue. It is a straightforward amendment that would obviate the risk of problems arising in future. It would be of assistance to the Minister of State to deal with that risk now by way of this amendment.