{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926.json",
  "id": "ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48",
  "title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926",
  "short_title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926",
  "long_title": "An Act to amend the law relating to certification of deaths and the disposal of the dead.",
  "citation": "16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. 48",
  "type": "ukpga",
  "year": "Geo5/16-17",
  "number": "48",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "1926-12-15",
  "revised": true,
  "valid_from": "2021-12-01",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/1",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Prohibition of disposal except on registrar’s certificate or coroner’s order.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/2",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Notification of disposal to registrar.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/4",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Prohibition of removal of body out of England without notice.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-4",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/5",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": "Burial of still-born children.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-5",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/6",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-6",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/7",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "7",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-7",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/8",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "8",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-8",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/9",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "9",
      "heading": "Regulations and approval of electronic forms etc.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-9",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/10",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "10",
      "heading": "Application to cremation.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-10",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/11",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "11",
      "heading": "Penalties.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-11",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/12",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "12",
      "heading": "Definitions.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-12",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/13",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "13",
      "heading": "†Repeals, extent, short title and commencement.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-13",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/FIRST",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "FIRST",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/schedule-FIRST",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/SECOND",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "SECOND",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/schedule-SECOND",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2025-03-24",
      "size": 573936,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/pdf/ukpga_19260048_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48/pdfs/ukpga_19260048_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [],
  "changes_made_to": 16,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:41:31.362552+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}