Section 16 Information concerning death in a house.
England and Wales
The following provisions of this section shall have effect where a person dies in a house.
The following persons shall be qualified to give information concerning the death, that is to say—
F1any person who is a relative or the partner of the deceased and who was present at the death or in attendance during his last illness;
F2any person who is a relative or the partner of the deceased and who is or resides in the sub–district where the death occurred;
any personal representative of the deceased;
any person present at the death;
the occupier of the house if he knew of the happening of the death;
any inmate of the house who knew of the happening of the death;
the person causing the disposal of the body.
It shall be the duty—
of F4each such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection; or
F9if none of paragraphs (a) to (c) above applies, of each such person as is mentioned in paragraph (e) or (f) of that subsection,
to give to the registrar, before the expiration of F10five days from the relevant date, information to the best of his knowledge and belief of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death, and in the presence of the registrar to sign the register:
Provided that—
- (i)
the giving of information and the signing of the register by any one qualified informant shall act as a discharge of any duty under this subsection of every other qualified informant;
- (ii)
In this section, the expression “the relevant date” means—
the date on which the registrar is notified in accordance with regulations under section 20(1)(f)(i) or (h)(i) of the 2009 Act (confirmation or certification by medical examiner of cause of death); or
where an investigation under Part 1 of that Act into the death of the deceased person is discontinued under section 4 of that Act, the date of the discontinuance.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 16(2)(a) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(2)(a) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F2
Words in s. 16(2)(b) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(2)(b) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F3
S. 16(2)(ba) inserted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(2)(c) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F4
Words in s. 16(3)(a) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(3)(a) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F5
Words in s. 16(3)(b) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(3)(b)(i) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F6
Words in s. 16(3)(b) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(3)(b)(ii) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F7
Words in s. 16(3)(c) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(3)(c)(i) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F8
Words in s. 16(3)(c) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(3)(c)(ii) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F9
Words in s. 16(3)(d) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(3)(d) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F10
Words in s. 16(3) substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(3)(e) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)
- F11
Words in s. 16(3) substituted (25.7.2013) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(4) (with s. 180); S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(o)(ii)
- F12
Words in s. 16(3) substituted (28.6.2022) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), ss. 39(4)(b), 51(3)
- F13
S. 16(4) inserted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 8(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(a)