Information type	Keep for	Keep from	Legislation or business reason
Citizenship	Duration of ceremony	Receipt from Home Office	Home Office Regulations
Deaths – Inquests	Permanent	Creation	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Civil partnerships	Permanent	Creation	Civil Partnerships Act 2004
Treasure trove	Fifteen years	Creation	Limitation Act 1980
Marriage registrations	Permanent	Creation	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Chapter 20
Death registrations	Permanent	Creation	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Chapter 20
Birth registrations	Permanent	Creation	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Chapter 20
Certificate requisitions – 1st and 5th schedules	Six years	Creation	Industrial Assurance and Friendly Society Acts 1948 (1st) and 1974 (5th)
Notiifications of disposals of bodies of deceased persons	Five years	Creation	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Chapter 20
Marriage Notices	Five years	Creation	Marriage Act 1949 Chapter 76
Authorised persons appointment forms	Two years	Vacation of office	Marriage Acts of 1898 and 1949
Registrar General’s authorities for registration after twelve months	Two years	Creation	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Sections 7 and 21
Registration Officers appointment forms	One year	Retirement	Lord Chancellors Code of Practice on the management of Records Issued Under Section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Marriages of minors consent forms	One year	Creation	Marriage Acts of 1898 and 1949

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