{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-notification-of-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/250",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-notification-of-deaths-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Deaths in Scotland",
  "text": "In respect of deaths occurring in Scotland, it shall be the duty of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland in relation to deaths notified to him, to furnish the Secretary of State with such particulars of the death of a person as are specified in Schedule 2 to these regulations, or as many of such particulars as are available to him, as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/250/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:32:26.905660+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."
}