National Registration Act 1915

Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom in 1915

United Kingdom legislation

National Registration Act 1915
Dates
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the compilation of a National Register.
Citation	5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 60
Royal assent	15 July 1915^[1]
Status: Expired
Text of statute as originally enacted

The National Registration Act 1915 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

The Act provided for the establishment of a register of every civilian in the country between the ages of 15 and 65. The objective was to deal with the labour crisis that arose because so many volunteers had joined the Forces that essential industries were left without key workers. The register was further intended to assist in efficient deployment of labour as the government imposed more controls on the workforce, and the forms listed any alternative trades for each individual, whether current or not. The register was also used when conscription was introduced in 1916.^[2]

Bernard Mallet, the Registrar General for England, set up a system whereby on registration day, 15 August 1915, everyone was to fill in a form showing personal details, nature of employment, and any other work which they were skilled and able and willing to do. The forms were organised by each local authority. However the Registrar General for Scotland devised a separate system whereby all forms were held centrally in Edinburgh.^[2]

After the war, all the records were destroyed.^[3]

References

^ "Royal Assent". Hansard - UK Parliament.
^ ^a ^b "Scottish Way of Birth and Death – War and National Registration". University of Glasgow, School of Social & Political Sciences.
^ "National Registration Acts 1915 & 1939". familyhistory.co.uk.

External links

"General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers". The National Archives.

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