Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/2089) (“the Welsh Language Regulations 1987”). The amendments are consequential on amendments made to the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/2088) and prescribe the manner of registration and the information required to be registered by the registrar on receipt of a confirmed attending practitioner’s certificate, or a medical examiner’s certificate given to the registrar in accordance with regulations made under section 20 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).

These Regulations further amend the Welsh Language Regulations 1987 to prescribe for use in Wales the form, manner of compilation and particulars to be recorded in a Short Certificate of Death issued under section 33A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

These Regulations make further amendments consequential to those described above and to the commencement of several provisions contained in Part 1 of Schedule 21 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, which amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.