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Article 22 Preliminary notice of death

Northern Ireland

Where a qualified informant in relation to a death F1notifies the registrar of the occurrence of the death or of the finding of the body F2and the medical certificate of the cause of death has been given to the registrar as required by Article 25(2) the particulars required by Article 21 to be registered concerning the death need not be given within the period mentioned in Article 21(5), but that Article shall have effect as if for the reference to five days there were substituted a reference to fourteen days.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 22 substituted (23.3.2026) by Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Act (Northern Ireland) 2026 (c. 2), ss. 4(1)(a), 12(1); S.R. 2026/32, art. 2(c)

F2

Words in art. 22 substituted (23.3.2026) by virtue of Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Act (Northern Ireland) 2026 (c. 2), ss. 4(1)(b), 12(1); S.R. 2026/32, art. 2(c)

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1

functions transf. SR 1993/494