What happens if you miss the deadline to register your baby?

[alittleteapot]

We've got our appointment in the morning but I've gone down with upset stomach and fever. It's the last day we're supposed to do it (i.e. the 42nd day) what will happen if I call to try and postpone???

hi
could the baby's father go instead?

we;re not married so i thought we both had to be there?

They automatically call the baby Eric Norman Smith or Sandra Anne Smith depending on the sex.

Disenchanted are you serious or am I just really guliable?

gullible

I'm deadly serious.

OMG that is so funny!

Please dear god go -

yours sincerely Sandra Ann Smith

Ok, I've googled and can't find anything on it, apart from a possible fine and not being able to claim benefits??

Who picked those names anyway??

They are MY childrens names!

RubysReturn LOL

They don't do anything. Just send you a reminder letter in a few weeks. Mum is a registrar, asked her when she registered dd. Loving sandra ....smith.

I know someone who got an extension as they hadn't decided on names yet. I would just phone up in the morning and explain, am sure it will be fine.

Disenchanted -
I understand they change it alphabetically every 10 years to avoid too much duplication at schools. Names are agreed until 2029 according to the HMRC website

1/1/2000 - 31/12/2009 Eric Norman Smith or Sandra Anne Smith

1/1/2010 - 31/12/2019 Frederick Norman Smith or Teresa Anne Smith

1/1/2020 - 31/12/2029 Gareth Norman Smith or Ursula Anne Smith

registered ds today at 6 weeks +3 days. they said as long as you book an appt will be ok.

Heheh,

hi. i registered my baby this morning; she was 8 weeks last friday. i received an official notice stating that i need to have her registered before 13th nov and that if i failed '...to comply with this requisition, you will be liable for prosecution'.hth

thanks very much that's reassuring. didn't make it today and was too ill to ring but that must happen relatively often...

Disenchanted you have just made me

I don't know what the rules are now, but somewhat over 90 years ago my MIL wasn't registered in time. This has resulted in her having an 'official birthday' two months after her real one. SHe got her pension late because of this!

NOTHING happens. I'm pretty sure of it.

I knew a girl who had Female where the name should go on her birth cert. To make matters worse, her sur name was fox. Female Fox. Her parents should have been convicted of some sort of negligence for that!! I don't know how long they left it though.. must have been a long, long time. She would be about 40 now. The name they finally came up with was along the lines of Karen too. Very of its time and not at all, ooooh that was worth waiting for!

They actually inform the local police who come to see that you haven't murdered the baby or that the baby isn't due to be taken into care and you've done a runner, that's what my HV told me, but then we all know how factually correct they tend to be

You have to give it back.

I think you will find that your HV will be contacted, and your HV will come to talk to you.