Regulation 43A Registration where a coroner’s certificate is provided to the registrar on request by the registrarF1

(1)

This regulation applies where a death has not already been registered and—

(a)

the coroner discontinues an investigation under section 4 of the 2009 Act;

(b)

the coroner authorises the disposal of the body; and

(c)

a qualified informant is unable or unwilling to provide and verify the particulars required to be registered in accordance with either regulation 42(2) to (7) or 42A(4).

(2)

The registrar may request the coroner to provide a certificate stating any particulars required to be registered in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, so far as they have been ascertained by the coroner at the date of the certificate.

(3)

On receipt of the coroner’s certificate the registrar shall register the death and the particulars in form 13, in accordance with regulation 45, except that—

(a)

in space 7.(a) the registrar shall enter the words “Certificate received from .. .. pursuant to section 23(4) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.”, inserting the name and surname of the coroner in the place provided as stated in the certificate from the coroner;

(b)

in spaces 7.(b), 7.(c) the registrar shall enter no particulars and draw a line through those spaces;

(c)

in space 9 the registrar shall enter the cause of death precisely as stated in the certificate from the coroner, in accordance with regulation 43(2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 43A inserted (9.9.2024) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/885), regs. 1(2), 2(9)