The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 20) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the registration of births and deaths in England and Wales.
Section 43(2) of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.
The act has been amended on several occasions. The Family Law Reform Act 1987 and the Children Act 1989 amended provisions relating to the registration of fathers of illegitimate children. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 amended provisions relating to the registration of parentage in cases involving assisted reproduction. The Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, and the Welfare Reform Act 2009 made further amendments.