Regulation 43 Registration where inquest is not heldF1

 Where the registrar is notified by the coroner that an investigation into a death has been discontinued under section 4 of the 2009 Act and the coroner certifies the cause of death in his notification, the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (2), take such action as may be required to register the death and the particulars on form 13, in accordance with regulation 42(2) to (7) or, if a declaration is made for the purposes of section 23A of the Act, in accordance with regulation 42A(4).

The registrar shall enter in space 9 of form 13 the cause of death precisely as stated in the notification from the coroner followed by the words—

as the case may be, inserting in the places provided the name, surname and description of the coroner and the name of the area for which the coroner has jurisdiction.

Paragraph (4) applies where—

The registrar shall take such action as may be required to register the death and the particulars on form 13, in accordance with regulation 42(2) to (7) or, if a declaration is made for the purposes of section 23A of the Act, in accordance with regulation 42A(4), except that the registrar shall enter in space 9 of form 13 the cause of death precisely as stated in the coroner’s notification.

In paragraph (3), references to a visiting force, and to a person’s having, at the time of death, a relevant association with a visiting force, have the meaning given to those expressions in section 12 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.

This regulation is subject to regulation 43A.