# The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987, Regulation 45: Registration after inquest , or after an investigation by the coroner is suspended

Extent: E+W

Where the relevant registrar receives with reference to a death a coroner’s certificate after an inquest, or after an investigation is suspended under Schedule 1 to the 2009 Act or under section 7(1B) and (2) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952, the relevant registrar shall register the death (whether or not it has already been registered) as follows–
(a) in spaces 1 to 6 and 9 in form 13, he shall enter the particulars contained in the certificate, precisely as stated in the certificate, except that if any person is named in the certificate as having caused the death his name and surname shall be omitted;
(b) in space 7–
(i) subject to head (ii) below, he shall enter the words “Certificate received from…”, inserting the name, surname and description of the coroner followed by the words “Inquest held on…”, inserting the date of inquest as stated in the certificate,
(ii) if the inquest was adjourned, instead of the words “Certificate received from” he shall enter the words “Certificate on inquest adjourned received from”,
(c) he shall draw a line through space 8;
(d) in space 10, he shall enter the date on which the entry is made;
(e) in space 11, he shall sign the entry and add his official description.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2088/regulation/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-45
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