Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20)
16(1)Section 23A (giving of information concerning a death to a person other than the registrar) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
“(a)if there has been no investigation under Part 1 of the 2009 Act into the death, a copy of a confirmed attending practitioner’s certificate, or of a medical examiner’s certificate, given to the registrar in accordance with regulations under section 20 of the 2009 Act (medical certificate of cause of death); and
(b)if an investigation into the death has been discontinued under section 4 of that Act by reason of an examination under section 14 of that Act (post-mortem examinations), a copy of a certificate from the senior coroner stating the cause of death as disclosed by the report of the person making the examination;”.
(3)In subsection (5), after “a relative” insert “or the partner”.
(4)Omit subsection (6).