3Report on registration of pregnancy loss
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(1)The Secretary of State must make arrangements for the preparation of a report on whether, and if so how, the law ought to be changed to require or permit the registration of pregnancy losses which cannot be registered as still-births under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.
(2)For the purposes of this section, a pregnancy loss occurs when a person’s pregnancy ends and, after being parted from the person, the foetus does not breathe or show any other sign of life.
(3)In the case of a multiple pregnancy, subsection (2) applies as if there were a separate pregnancy in respect of each foetus.
(4)The Secretary of State must publish the report prepared under this section.