Section 18 Notice preliminary to information of death.

F2If, before the expiration of five days from the relevant date, a qualified informant of a person's death sends to the registrar a written notice of the occurrence of the death or of the finding of the body F3accompanied by a confirmed attending practitioner's certificate, or a medical examiner's certificate issued in accordance with regulations under section 20 of the 2009 Act (medical certificate of cause of death), the information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death need not be given before the expiration of the said five days, but shall, notwithstanding the notice, be given before the expiration of fourteen days F4from the relevant date by the person giving the notice or by some other qualified informant.

In this section, the expression “the relevant date” means—