Regulation 34A Declaration and registration of a still-birth under section 9 of the ActF1
England and Wales
In relation to a still-birth, the officer before whom a declaration for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Act (giving of information to a person other than the registrar may be made shall be any registrar) other than the relevant registrar.
The officer before whom the declaration is to be made shall—
enter in the declaration the particulars required to be registered concerning the still-birth, using an approved form for the purpose;
F2show or read the declaration to the informant and correct any error or omission, requiring the informant to initial any amendment if the declaration is prepared in manuscript, and then to sign the declaration;
attest the declaration himself; and
send the declaration and either the certificate in form 10 or the declaration in form 11 to the relevant registrar in accordance with section 11(1B)(b) of the Act.
Except in a case to which regulation 33 applies, where it appears to the relevant registrar that the particulars contained in the declaration are in any material respect not proper to be registered, he shall return the declaration to the officer before whom it was attested together with a note of the matters in which it appears to need amendment, and—
that officer shall then in the presence of the declarant amend any error by striking out any incorrect particulars and inserting the correct particulars;
any amendment so made shall be initialled by the declarant and the declaration shall be returned to the relevant registrar.
On receiving the declaration and either the certificate in form 10 or the declaration in form 11 the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (3), enter the particulars of the birth in the register in the following manner—
in spaces 1 and 3 to 13 of form 9, he shall enter the particulars as appearing in the corresponding spaces of the declaration, except that where any particulars have been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (3) he shall enter in the register only the particulars as corrected, omitting any incorrect particular which has been struck out and the initials of the declarant;
in space 2 of form 9, he shall enter the cause of death and nature of the evidence that the child was still-born—
if he has received a certificate in form 10, as they appear in that certificate; or
if he has received a declaration in form 11, as they appear in the corresponding spaces of the declaration for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Act, except that where those particulars have been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (3) he shall enter in the register only the particulars as corrected, omitting any incorrect particular which has been struck out and the initials of the declarant.
in space 14 of form 9—
he shall enter the name of the declarant in the form in which he signed the declaration and shall add the words “by declaration dated….”, inserting the date on which the declaration was made and signed;
if, pursuant to section 9(4) of the Act, a request made under paragraph (b) or (c) of section 10(1) F3, or paragraphs (b) or (c) of section 10(1B) of the Act was included in the declaration, he shall after the words required by head (i) make the same addition as, on completion of registration under regulation 10, would be required under (as the case may be) head (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (1)(b) F4or (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (1)(c) of that regulation;
if, pursuant to section 9(4A) of the Act, a request made under section 10ZA of the Act was included in the declaration, he shall after the words required by head (i) make the same addition as, on completion of registration under regulation 10, would be required under F6paragraph 1(d) of regulation 10;
in space 15 of form 9 he shall enter the date on which the entry is made; and
in space 16 of form 9 he shall sign the entry, adding his official description.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 34A inserted (1.4.1997) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/844), regs. 1(1), 2(4)
- F2
Words in reg. 34A(2)(b) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 8
- F3
Words in reg. 34A(4)(c)(ii) inserted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 19(1)
- F4
Words in reg. 34A(4)(c)(ii) inserted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 19(2)
- F5
Reg. 34A(4)(c)(iii) inserted (1.12.2003) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3048), regs. 1(1), 6
- F6
Words in reg. 34A(4)(c)(iii) substituted (1.9.2009) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165), regs. 1(1), 19(3)