Regulation 49 Registration without reference to coroner
In the case of any death which occurred in the registrar's sub-district with respect to which a certificate of cause of death has been delivered to the registrar and which has not been and is not required to be reported to the coroner the registrar shall, on receiving from an informant, at any time within 12 months of the date of the death, information of the particulars required by regulation 48(1), register the death in the presence of the informant by completing spaces 1 to 8 in form 9.
Where a child lived for less than 24 hours, the registrar shall enter after the date of the child's death the word “Aged …” and the age in completed hours or, if less than one hour, in minutes.
Where the death relates to a dead body in relation to which the date and place of death are unknown, the registrar shall enter in space 1 the words “Dead body found on …” and the date of finding the body, followed by “at …” and the place of finding.
Where the deceased was a child under the age of 15, the registrar shall enter in space 6 the words “son (or daughter) of …” and the name and occupation of the father or, if the name and occupation of the father is not given, the words “son (or daughter) of …” and the name and occupation of the mother.
Where the deceased was a female aged 15 or over, the registrar shall enter—
in the case of a married woman or widow, her own occupation and the words “wife (or widow) of …” and the name and occupation of her husband or deceased husband;
in any other case, her own occupation.
The registrar shall enter in space 8 the cause of death precisely as certified in the medical certificate, followed by the words “Certified by …” and the name and qualification of the medical practitioner who gave the medical certificate.