Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992 (c. 29)

1 Meaning of “still-born child”, etc. E+W+S

(1) In section 12 of the M1 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (definitions) and section 41 of the M2 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (interpretation), in the provisions which relate to the meaning of “still-born child” for the words “twenty-eighth week”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted “ twenty-fourth week ”.

(2) In section 56(1) of the M3 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (interpretation) in the definition of “still-born child” for the words “twenty-eighth week” there shall be substituted “ twenty-fourth week ”.

Extent Information

E1 S. 1(1) extends to England and Wales only, s. 1(2) extends to Scotland only see s. 4(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1926 c. 48.

M2 1953 c. 20.

M3 1965 c. 49.