York Register Office Privacy Notice Annex B

York Register Office Privacy Notice Annex B

Minimum period of preservation of official documents for our statutory services, and the retention of personal data.

Class of document Period after which document may be destroyed
Appointment forms of registration officers 1 year after retirement
Forms of appointment of authorised persons under the Marriage Act 1898 or the Marriage Act 1949 2 years after vacation of office
Registrar General’s authorities for registration after 12 months in accordance with sections 7 and 21 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 2 years
Books recording issue of books and forms of medical certificates (Form 17) 5 years after last entry
Notifications of disposals of bodies of deceased persons 5 years
Declarations made by applicants for certificates for disposal (no liability to register) 5 years
Marriage notices 5 years
Forms of consent to marriages of minors 1 year
Caveats against the grant of a superintendent registrar’s certificate or certificate and licence or Registrar General’s licence for marriage 2 years
Superintendent registrar’s certificates and certificates and licences for marriage 2 years from date of marriage
Notifications of the issue of the Registrar General’s licence for marriage and Registrar General’s licences for marriage 2 years from date of marriage
Requisitions for certificates of birth, marriage or death issued under certain Acts of Parliament for the purpose of those Acts 2 years
Requisitions for certificates issued for the purposes of the 1st Schedule to the Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 and the 5th Schedule to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 6 years
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (a): Standard certificates of birth, marriage, death and still-birth 2 years (but retained further if they have not been subject to scrutiny during a stock audit by GRO)
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (b): Certificates issued for the purposes of the 1st Schedule to the Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 and the 5th Schedule to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 6 years
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (c): Certificates issued for the purpose of the provisions of the Friendly Societies Acts relating to a payment on the death of a child under the age of 10 3 years
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (d): Certificates issued for purposes of certain other Acts of Parliament 2 years
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (e): Certificates of registration of births and still-births 2 years (but retained further if they have not been subject to scrutiny during a stock audit by GRO)
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (f): Requisitions to persons liable to register who have failed to do so 1 year
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (g): Forms of report of death to coroner by registrar 1 year
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (h1): Certificates for disposal, before or after registration of death 5 years
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (h2): Certificates for disposal, still-births 5 years
Counterfoils of certificates and forms (h3): Certificates for disposal, no liability to register 5 years
Accounting books and records (a): Record and demand book 10 years
Accounting books and records (b): Cash book 7 years
Accounting books and records (c): Paying-in book/slips 7 years
Accounting books and records (d): Receipt books 7 years
Accounting books and records (e): Registrar General’s certificate and direction 7 years
Accounting books and records (f): Form of account (office copy) 2 years
Routine correspondence (a): relating to appointment and conduct of officers 2 years
Routine correspondence (b): relating to registration of births, marriages and deaths, correction of errors, birth reregistrations not made (Forms LA1 and GRO 185 and copy documents), issue of certificates under certain Acts of Parliament, irregular burials 3 years
Routine correspondence (c): relating to false information given to registration officers, falsification and forgery of certificates of birth, marriage or death; marriage of foreigners and persons divorced abroad 3 years
Routine correspondence (d): relating to accounting transactions, charges, receipts 2 years
Routine correspondence (e): other correspondence 3 years
Statutory declaration regarding the loss or destruction of a certificate issued under the Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 and the Friendly Societies Act 1974 6 years