{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Regulations and approval of electronic forms etc.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State ... may make regulations—\n(a) prescribing the period and form of notice to be given to the coroner of an intention to remove a body out of England; and as to the procedure upon removal and the notification of the registrar as to the date and place of such removal;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The Registrar General may approve forms of electronic communication or electronic storage (including an electronic signature) for the purposes of a provision of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9 renumbered as s. 9(1) (1.12.2021) by The Births and Deaths Registration (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1231), arts. 1(2), 2(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 9 substituted (3.4.2008) by Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(a) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 9 omitted (3.4.2008) by virtue of Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 9(b) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 and Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 9(2) 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(5)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 9 heading 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(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 9 transfer of functions (3.4.2008) by Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678), arts. 1(2), 3(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(a) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48/section/9",
    "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."
}