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Regulation 58 Certificates for disposal

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(1)

A registrar shall give a certificate for disposal on a form provided by the Registrar General, and such certificate shall embody a form of notification of disposal, for use of the person effecting the disposal, in form 12.

(2)

A registrar shall not give a certificate for disposal before registration except for the purpose of burial in England or Wales, and then only—

(a)

where the death is one which is not required to be reported to the coroner, or

(b)

where the death has been reported to the coroner and the registrar has been informed by the coroner that he has completed any investigations which he intends to make and has not issued any order or certificate for the purpose of the disposal of the body.