Statutory Instruments
Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc., (england And Wales)
Made
5th September 2014
Coming into force
1st October 2014
The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1(1)(b), 1(2)(a), 1(3), 2(1)(b) and 2(4) of Schedule 1 to the Presumption of Death Act 2013(1), and with the approval of the Secretary of State makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Register of Presumed Deaths (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st October 2014.
(2) In these Regulations:
“the Act” means the Presumption of Death Act 2013;
“maiden surname” means the surname with which a woman entered into her first marriage or civil partnership and, where a woman entered into a civil partnership and then a marriage (or a marriage and then a civil partnership), it means the surname with which she entered into the first of these legal relationships.
2.—(1) The information prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(b) and 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act, so far as such information is determined by the court(2) in a particular case, is set out in the Schedule.
(2) If the information prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(b) is provided by the court to the Registrar General in Welsh, it must also be provided in English.
3.—(1) The information prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act is any change to the information prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(b) of that Schedule.
(2) If that information is provided by the court to the Registrar General in Welsh, it must also be provided in English.
Approved by
James Brokenshire
Minister of State
Home Office
5th September 2014
Made by
Paul Pugh
Registrar General
5th September 2014
Regulation 2(1)
The date of presumed death
The place of presumed death
Name and surname
Sex
Maiden surname
Date of birth
Place of birth
Occupation
Usual or last known address
Cause of presumed death
Name of the issuing court.
Date of court declaration
(This note is not part of the Regulations))
These Regulations prescribe: the information that must be sent by the High Court to the Registrar General for England and Wales, when that court has made a declaration of presumed death; the information that has to be entered in the Register of Presumed Deaths; and the information that must be provided by the court to the Registrar General when a variation order takes effect. An Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
“The court” in the Act is defined to mean the High Court – see section 20.