**Executive Summary**
This document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, published on December 7, 2016. It contains notifications from the Health and Family Welfare Department and the Labour and Employment Department regarding amendments to existing rules. These amendments pertain to the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, and the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Health and Family Welfare Department:**
* **Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules:**
* An additional proviso is added to sub-rule (1) of rule 10, allowing parents or guardians a further period of five years to provide a child's name to the Registrar if the registration was made prior to the commencement of the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000, and the name was not given within the initial time limit.
* In sub-rule (2) of rule 10, "the proviso" is replaced with "the first proviso."
* **Labour and Employment Department:**
* **Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules:**
* Sub-rule (1) of rule 18 is replaced, stipulating that the registering officer shall grant a certificate of registration under sub-section (2) of Section 7 in Form II within thirty days from the date of receipt of the application referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 17.
* In sub-rule (2) of rule 23, the words "sixty days" are replaced with "thirty days."
**Impact Analysis**
**Health and Family Welfare Department:**
* **Impact:**
* Parents and guardians now have an extended period to register the names of children whose births were registered prior to the year 2000.
* **Action Required:**
* Parents and guardians to provide the child's name to the Registrar within the extended five-year period.
**Labour and Employment Department:**
* **Impact:**
* Changes in the timeframe for issuing registration certificates and potentially for other processes related to contract labour regulation and abolition.
* **Action Required:**
* Registering officers need to issue certificates of registration within thirty days of application receipt. Relevant parties need to adhere to the reduced timeframe of thirty days wherever "sixty days" was previously applicable.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu: The state to which the policy applies.
Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules: Rules being amended by the notification.
Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969: Central Act empowering the amendment of Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules.
Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975: Rules being amended by the notification regarding Labour and Employment Department.
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970: Central Act empowering the amendment of Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules.