Part 2Registration services

Registration of births and deaths

40Registration of still-births

(1)

Section 21 of the 1965 Act (registration of still-births) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

(2)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

for “registrar” there is substituted “ district registrar for a registration district ”; and

(b)

in paragraph (a)—

(i)

for “deliver” there is substituted “ produce ”; and

(ii)

for “signed”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “ attested in the prescribed manner ”.

(3)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

the words from “give” to the end become paragraph (a); and

(b)

after that paragraph there is inserted“; or

(b)

deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a district registrar for a registration district nominated by that person”.

(4)

In subsection (4)—

(a)

for “registrar” there is substituted “ district registrar for a registration district ”; and

(b)

after “registered” there is inserted “ or, if the person so requests, deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a keeper or other person having charge of a place of interment nominated by that person ”.