Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force on 16th July 2012.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1987 Regulations” means the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987^f1;

• “the notification service” means any service operated by the Secretary of State, or persons providing a service to the Secretary of State, by which—

  1. (a)

     individuals may transmit information about deaths to the Secretary of State, and

  2. (b)

     that information may be transmitted to other persons by the Secretary of State;

• “local authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of England and Wales, each of the following—

     1. (i)

        a county council in England;

     2. (ii)

        a district council in England for an area without a county council;

     3. (iii)

        a London borough council;

     4. (iv)

        the Common Council of the City of London;

     5. (v)

        the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

     6. (vi)

        a county or county borough council in Wales;

  2. (b)

     in respect of Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 (constitution of councils) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f2.