# Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Article 27: Informant's duty where coroner issues statement or certificate


Where a registrar receives—
(a) a statement under section 24 of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 from a coroner on the result of his investigation of any death; or
(b) a certificate under section 28 of the said Act of 1959 from a coroner stating the cause of death of any person as disclosed by a post-mortem examination;
the registrar shall register the death in pursuance of information given to him by a qualified informant and not in pursuance of the statement or certificate, but he shall enter in the register the cause of death as given in the statement or certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1041/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-27
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