The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc. (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc. (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1965 by substituting a revised form of medical certificate of cause of death for the existing one. The main changes are–

(a) to include provision for the doctor

(i) to indicate that he may be in a position later to provide additional information to the Registrar General,

(ii) to indicate that the procurator fiscal has been informed, and

(iii) in the case of a death in hospital, to enter the name of the consultant responsible for the deceased as a patient;

(b) to extend the question relating to the death of a married woman during or within 6 weeks of pregnancy to include all women, and to include deaths occurring between 6 weeks and a year of pregnancy; and

(c) to exclude the name of the deceased and the time and place of death from the certifying clause.