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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”.