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Appointment times are between the hours of 9.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Please telephone 01744 676789 to arrange an appointment.
All babies born in St Helens, at home, must be registered at the Register Office in St Helens, within six weeks of their birth unless there are exceptional circumstances.
You should take at least one form of identification when you go to the Register Office. You can use:
You should also take your child’s personal child health record or ‘red book’ as some registrars may ask to see it.
Babies born in Whiston Hospital are registered at Knowsley Register Office.
Knowsley Register Office
High Street, Prescot
L34 3LD
Opening times: 9am - 5pm, Mon to Fri
Email: registrars@knowsley.gov.uk
Telephone: 0151 443 2900
Re-registration is the completion of a new record of birth, which replaces an original registration.
If the natural parents marry after the birth of their child, they are required under the Legitimacy Act 1976 to apply for the re-registration of their child's birth.
It is best to attend the Register Office where the original birth was registered.
However, you can do this at any Register Office in England and Wales, providing the child was born in England or Wales, if it is not the Register Office who registered the birth, you will have to provide a full birth certificate for the child, dated after your marriage.
For re-registration after marriage, a re-registration form (LA1) must be completed and signed by both natural parents, but only one of the parents will need to attend the Register Office.
The registrar will usually be able to authorise the re-registration, otherwise it must be authorised by the Registrar General. The registrar will be able to advise on this.
You may be able to change your child's surname. Check with your local Register Office.
No, the re-registration is free but there is the usual charge for the issue of any new certificates.
Babies born outside St Helens district can be made by declaration to St Helens Register Office.
Please telephone 01744 676789 to arrange an appointment.
Appointment times are between the hours of 9.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Please note: You will not receive baby's certificates at the appointment, you will need to contact the district to obtain a certificate.
You should take at least one form of identification when you go to the register office. You can use:
You should also take your child’s personal child health record or ‘red book’ as some registrars may ask to see it.
To add the father to the birth record you need to re-register the birth. Re-registration is the completion of a new record of birth, which replaces an original registration.
A birth may be re-registered to include the details of the natural father where the parents were not married at the time of the birth, have not married since and no father's name was recorded at the time of the original registration.
You can do this at any Register Office in England and Wales, providing the child was born in England or Wales.
To add the natural father's details where parents are not married, a form adding father to the birth record (Form 185) must be completed and both parents need to visit the Register Office.
(You may attend alone if you can produce a Statutory Declaration from the other parent or a copy of parental responsibility agreement or a court order.)
You may be able to change your child's surname. Check with your local Register Office.
You will need to complete the forms and then make an appointment to see the registrar.
The registrar will usually be able to authorise the re-registration, otherwise it must be authorised by the Registrar General. The registrar will be able to advise on this.
No, the re-registration is free but there is the usual charge for the issue of any new certificates.