Regulation 42A Declaration and registration under section 23A of the ActF1

enter in the declaration the particulars required to be registered concerning the death, using an approved form for the purpose;

show or read the particulars entered on the form to the informant and correct any error or omission, F2where the declaration is being prepared in manuscript requiring the informant to initial any amendment and then to sign the declaration;

attest the declaration himself; and

send the declaration to the relevant registrar in accordance with section 23A(3) of the Act.

that officer shall then F4... 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.

in spaces 1 to 7 of form 13, 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 F59 of form 13 he shall enter the cause of death F6as it appears in the confirmed attending practitioner’s certificate or in the medical examiner’s certificate given to the registrar in accordance with regulations under section 20 of the 2009 Act;

in space F78 of form 13 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;

in space 10 of form 13 he shall enter the date on which the entry is made; and

in space 11 of form 13 he shall sign the entry, adding his official description.