2014 No. 141

Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc.

The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(1) and 54(1)(b) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 19651 and all other powers enabling him to do so.

The Scottish Ministers have approved the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 54(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 19652.

Citation and Commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 and come into force on 6th August 2014.

Amendment of the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 19972

For the form set out in Schedule 11 to the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 19973 substitute the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

ROD BURNSDeputy Registrar General for ScotlandNew Register House,Edinburgh

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

FIONA HYSLOPA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2348, “the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2 of these Regulations substitutes a revised “medical certificate of cause of death” for the form prescribed in Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations. The revised form prescribes additional medical information to be included about the deceased, namely the presence of any hazards.