Welcome to the
Vale of Glamorgan Council

Birth Registration

 

Online bookings service for the Register Office

Welcome to the Vale Of Glamorgan Council online booking system for Registration Services.

 

You can use this system to make an appointment to register a birth. If you would like to register the birth bilingually in Welsh and English, please contact the Registrar's office on 01446 709166 or 709167.

 

Please use the buttons at the bottom of each screen to move backwards and forwards through the system. Do not use your browser back button.

 

To enter all the necessary information to make an appointment or purchase a certificate will take approximately five minutes. For security reasons, this system will time-out after 20 minutes. Please complete your booking within that time or the information you have entered will be lost, and you will have to start again.

 

We suggest that you read through the following information before making your online booking.

 

Congratulations on the arrival of your new baby

 

We appreciate that life must be pretty hectic for you at the moment, but it is a legal requirement to register the birth, so it's best to get it done sooner rather than later.

 

The registration will require a personal visit to a Register newborn babyOffice and there are some things you may wish to consider before coming to see us.

 

The information included on these pages is for general guidance purposes only and is not a complete or exhaustive explanation of current Birth Laws.

 

How soon must I register the baby’s birth?

By law a baby’s birth must be registered within 42 days of the date of birth.

 

Please contact your local Register Office before attending to register, as you may need to make an appointment. Please allow 30 minutes for the registration.

 

Who should register the birth?

If the parents of the child are married to each other at the time of the birth or conception, either parent can register the birth. If the parents are not married to each other at the time of the birth or conception, the father’s details can only be recorded if both parents attend together. If this is not possible, please telephone your local Register Office for advice. Unmarried fathers can get equal Parental Responsibility for their children.

 

If the father’s details are not entered at the time of registration, it may be possible for this to be done at a later date by re-registration. Please contact your local Register Office for more information.

 

Although the majority of births are registered by parents, in exceptional circumstances the registration may be undertaken by someone else. Please contact your local Register Office to discuss.

 

Changes in the law on legal parentage following fertility treatment

 

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, came into effect on 6 April 2009, and affected who can be registered as a child's legal parents when the child has been conceived following fertility treatment.

 

These new provisions will apply only when the woman receiving treatment conceived on or after 6 April 2009.

 

If you feel these provisions apply to you, please contact the Register Office to discuss and ask to speak to a registrar. Telephone 01446 700111 (Monday to Thursday 0830 -1300 and 1400 -1630,  Friday 0830 to 1300 and 1400 to1600) 

 

Vale of Glamorgan Council, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry CF63 4RU, Tel: (01446) 700111