{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-66A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-66A.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/66A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "66A",
  "heading": "Application for short certificate of death",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the particulars to be furnished on an application under section 33A(1) of the Act for a short certificate of the death of any person shall be—\n(a) the name and surname of the person;\n(b) the date of death; and\n(c) the place of death or the place where the death was registered.\n(2) Any particulars required under paragraph (1) may be omitted where, in the opinion of the person to whom an application is made, it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to furnish those particulars.\n(3) No particulars shall be required if the application is made at the time of registering the death.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 66A-66C 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(20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2088/regulation/66A",
    "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."
}