{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1953/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1953/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/20",
  "legislation_title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1953",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Notice preliminary to information of death.",
  "text": "(1) If, 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 accompanied 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 from the relevant date by the person giving the notice or by some other qualified informant.\n(2) In this section, the expression “the relevant date” means—\n(a) 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\n(b) where an investigation under Part 1 of that Act into the death of the deceased person is discontinued under section 4 of that Act (cause of death becoming clear before inquest), the date of the discontinuance.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 18 renumbered as s. 18(1) (9.9.2024) by virtue of Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 10(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 18 substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 10(2) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 18 substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 10(3) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 18 substituted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 10(4) (with s. 180); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 18(2) inserted (9.9.2024) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 10(5) (with s. 180) (as amended by 2022 c. 35, ss. 39(6)(a), 51(3)); S.I. 2024/516, art. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/20/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:51.735695+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."
}