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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-57",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1968/2049",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968",
  "path": "regulation/57",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part X",
  "text": "In this Part of these regulations—\n“certificate for disposal after registration” means a certificate of a registrar under section 24(1) of the Act that he has registered a death;\n“certificate for disposal before registration” means a certificate of a registrar under the said subsection that he has received notice of a death;\n“certificate for disposal” means either of the above-mentioned certificates;\n“notification of disposal” means a notification as to the date, place and means of disposal of the body of a deceased person which a person effecting the disposal is required by section 3 of the Births and Death Registration Act 1926 to deliver to the registrar; and\n“person effecting the disposal” has the same meaning as in section 12 of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/2049/regulation/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:16:20.581505+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."
}