{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48",
  "legislation_title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notification of disposal to registrar.",
  "text": "(1) The person effecting the disposal of the body of any deceased person shall, within ninety-six hours of the disposal, deliver to the registrar in the prescribed manner a notification as to the date, place and means of disposal of the body.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A notification under subsection (1) may be made and delivered in an approved electronic form.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 2, 3(2), 6, 7, Sch.1 repealed by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 3(3) inserted (1.12.2021) by The Births and Deaths Registration (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1231), arts. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3(1) applied by Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945 (c. 27), s. 4(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48/section/3",
    "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."
}