Section 40 Registration of still-birthsI1

(1)

Section 21 of the 1965 Act (registration of still-births) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

(2)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

for “registrar” there is substituted “ district registrar for a registration district ”; and

(b)

in paragraph (a)—

(i)

for “deliver” there is substituted “ produce ”; and

(ii)

for “signed”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “ attested in the prescribed manner ”.

(3)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

the words from “give” to the end become paragraph (a); and

(b)

after that paragraph there is inserted

“; or
(b)
deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a district registrar for a registration district nominated by that person”.

(4)

In subsection (4)—

(a)

for “registrar” there is substituted “ district registrar for a registration district ”; and

(b)

after “registered” there is inserted “ or, if the person so requests, deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a keeper or other person having charge of a place of interment nominated by that person ”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 40 wholly in force at 1.1.2007; s. 40 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 63(2); s. 40 in force for specified purposes at 1.10.2006 and s. 40 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.1.2007 by S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)