Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25)

Schedules

Schedule 21 U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1 U.K. Coroners etc

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20) U.K.

19 U.K. After section 33 insert—

“33A Short certificate of death

(1) Any person shall—

(a) on furnishing the prescribed particulars, and

(b) on payment of such fee as may be specified in regulations made by the Minister by statutory instrument,

be entitled to obtain from the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar or a registrar a short certificate of the death of any person.

(2) Any such certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall be compiled in the prescribed manner from the records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General, or from the registers in the custody of the superintendent registrar or registrar, as the case may be, and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.

(3) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 21 para. 19 in force at 16.4.2024 for specified purposes by S.I. 2024/516, art. 2(g)