{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-scotland-act-1965/section-39B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-scotland-act-1965/section-39B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/49",
  "legislation_title": "Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-scotland-act-1965",
  "path": "section/39B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39B",
  "heading": "Application by third party for notification of death",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) an application is made to the Registrar General for notice to be given of a death in Scotland to the applicant,\n(b) the application is in the prescribed form,\n(c) such fee as may be prescribed has been paid, and\n(d) the death has been registered in accordance with section 25B of this Act,\nthe Registrar General shall, if the Registrar General considers it appropriate to do so, give such notice to such person.\n(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) above notice shall be given—\n(a) in such form as may be prescribed, and\n(b) by such means as the Registrar General may determine.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 39A-39E substituted for ss. 39, 40 (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 1.1.2007 for further specified purposes) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 44(5), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/49/section/39B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:33.835387+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."
}