# Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Article 16: Registration of still-birth after reference to coroner


(1) Where a coroner—
(a) examines or causes to be examined the body of a child; and
(b) is satisfied that the body is that of a still-born child;
he shall, within five days from the examination referred to in sub-paragraph ( a), send to the appropriate registrar a completed certificate in the prescribed form concerning the still-birth.
(2) Where a registrar receives from a coroner a certificate under paragraph (1)—
(a) he shall, if the certificate states that an inquest was held on the still-born child, enter in the register of still-births the particulars required to be registered concerning the still-birth, in the prescribed form and manner, and state in the entry that they were received from the coroner;
(b) he shall, if the certificate states that an inquest was not held on the still-born child, upon receiving from an informant within three months from the date of the birth or of the finding of the body information concerning the still-birth, register the still-birth forthwith in the prescribed form and manner and enter in the register the cause of the still-birth as stated in the certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1041/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-16
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