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The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

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Certificate of cause of death

40.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2)–

(a)the form of a certificate of cause of death required to be signed by a registered medical practitioner pursuant to section 22(1) of the Act shall be–

(i)except in the case of a child who dies within 28 days of birth, form 14,

(ii)in the case of such a child, form 15;

(b)the form of notice of signing of the certificate of cause of death required by section 22(2) of the Act to be given by the medical practitioner to a qualified informant shall be form 16.

(2) Where the place of death is in England but the certificate of cause of death is issued in Wales–

(a)the form of the certificate or notice may instead be the corresponding form (11, 12 or 13 as the case may be) prescribed by Regulation 2(a) of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987(1);

(b)where the corresponding form 11 or 12 is used under sub-paragraph (a) above the version in Welsh shall be disregarded for any other purpose of these Regulations.

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