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”.