# The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987, Regulation 44: Noting of existing entry on coroner’s notification of cause of death

Extent: E+W

Where the registrar receives a notification as mentioned in Regulation 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 9 of form 13, enter in its margin the words “ Inquest 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2088/regulation/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-44
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