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Regulation 44 Noting of existing entry on coroner’s notification of cause of deathI1

England and Wales

Where the registrar receives a notification as mentioned in F1Regulation 43(1) in respect of a death which he has already registered on the information of a qualified informant–

(a)

if the register containing the entry is in his custody, he shall, without altering the entry in space F29 of form 13, enter in its margin the words “ F3Inquest discontinued under section 4 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 by .. ..”, inserting the name, surname and description of the coroner, followed by the words “and cause of death disclosed as…”, inserting the cause of death as certified by the coroner;

(b)

if the register containing the entry is in the custody of the superintendent registrar, he shall deliver the notification to the superintendent registrar who shall, without altering the entry of the death, enter in its margin the particulars required by paragraph (a).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 44 substituted (9.9.2024) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/885), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(a)

F2

Word in reg. 44(a) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 13

F3

Words in reg. 44 substituted (9.9.2024) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/885), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 44 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1