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The Community Charges (Notification of Deaths) (Scotland) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/2211 · Made 12 December 1988

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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

Made 12th December 1988

Laid before Parliament 29th December 1988

Coming into force 1st February 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 28B(1), (3) and (4) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1965 c. 49; section 28B was inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Particulars of deaths to be notified by registrars
  4. 4Time limit for and manner of notification
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Charges (Notification of Deaths) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st February 1989.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations—

  • “the Officer” means the Community Charges Registration Officer of each region or islands area within which the registration district wholly or partly falls;

  • “the registrar” means the district registrar for each registration district.

3Particulars of deaths to be notified by registrars

The registrar shall furnish to the Officer in respect of the death of any person aged 16 years or over and usually resident in the United Kingdom the following particulars of the deceased:—

(a)

the surname and name;

(b)

the date of birth;

(c)

the date of death;

(d)

the usual residence; and

(e)

the district where the death was registered.

4Time limit for and manner of notification

The registrar shall, within 7 days of registration of such death, notify the Officer by sending to him such form as is from time to time approved by the Registrar General for such purpose with the particulars prescribed in the above paragraph duly entered thereon.

Signature

Michael B Forsyth

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th December 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the particulars of death of persons over the age of 16 years usually resident in the United Kingdom which the district registrar for each registration district shall furnish to the appropriate Community Charges Registration Officer (regulation 3).

They also prescribe the time limit of 7 days from the date of the registration of the death concerned and the manner in which such notification shall be made (regulation 4).