# Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006, Section 40: Registration of still-births


(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 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/14/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006/section-40
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