**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, specifically amendments to existing rules. The Health and Family Welfare Department has amended the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, while the Labour and Employment Department has amended 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:**
* For registrations made before the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000, a further period of five years is granted to parents/guardians to provide the child's name to the registrar.
* In sub-rule (2), the expression "the proviso" is substituted by "the first proviso".
* **Labour and Employment Department - Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules:**
* The registering officer shall grant certificate of registration under sub-section (2) of Section 7 in Form II, within thirty days from the date of receipt of such application referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 17.
* The words "sixty days" are substituted with "thirty days" in rule 23, sub-rule (2).
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Registrars of Births and Deaths**
* **Impact:** Registrars must now accept child name information for an extended period (five years) under specific conditions, and must refer to the correct provisos in the rules.
* **Action Required:** Registrars need to update their procedures to reflect the amended rules and process child name requests accordingly.
**Stakeholder: Parents/Guardians**
* **Impact:** Parents/guardians who registered births before the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000, and have not yet provided their child's name now have an extended five-year period to do so.
* **Action Required:** Parents/guardians in the described situation should submit their child's name to the registrar within the five-year extended period.
**Stakeholder: Registering Officer (Labour)**
* **Impact:** The registering officer is now mandated to grant registration certificates within a shorter timeframe of thirty days.
* **Action Required:** The registering officer needs to ensure that registration certificates are issued within the new 30-day deadline.
**Stakeholder: Contractors**
* **Impact:** Contractors who are in violation may receive less time for any appeals or rectifications related to the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules.
* **Action Required:** Contractors need to familiarise themselves with the updated time limits.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (Central Act 37 of 1970): Empowers the Tamil Nadu government to amend the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975.
Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (Central Act 18 of 1969): Central Act authorizing the Tamil Nadu government to make amendments to the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000.
Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules: The rules being amended regarding registration of births and deaths in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975: The rules being amended regarding contract labor in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu: Indian state where the gazette and amendments apply.