{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-50.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2088",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/50",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Notification of disposal",
  "text": "The person effecting the disposal of the body of a deceased person shall–\n(a) write, sign and date the notification of disposal embodied in form 17 or in the coroner’s order with regard to the deceased, and deliver the notification to the relevant registrar; or\n(aa) where a certificate under regulation 49(1) is issued in an approved electronic form, notify the relevant registrar of the disposal in an approved electronic form; or\n(b) where a declaration has been made as mentioned in regulation 49(3), notify the relevant registrar in writing in the terms used in form 17.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 50(a)(aa) substituted for reg. 50(a) (20.12.2021) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1436), regs. 1(2), 2(16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 50 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2088/regulation/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:16:18.930722+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}