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Statutory Instruments
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES, ETC., ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
at 10.10 a.m. on 5th September 2024
Laid before Parliament
at 3.00 p.m. on 5th September 2024
Coming into force
9th September 2024
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1) and 177(3)(b) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009( 1).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2024.
(2) This Order comes into force on 9th September 2024.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.
2.—(1) The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 2, insert—
3.— (1) This regulation applies where, immediately before the date on which these Regulations come into force—
(a) a death has not been registered under Part 2 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953( 2) ;
(b) a registered medical practitioner has signed a certificate, in accordance with regulation 40 (certificate of cause of death) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987( 3) , in one of the following forms in relation to the death—
(i) form 14 or form 15;
(ii) the corresponding form 11 or form 12 prescribed by regulation 2(a) of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987( 4) ; and
(c) a coroner is not under a duty to hold an inquest into the death under section 6 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the following provisions of these Regulations do not apply to the death—
(a) regulation 2(2);
(b) regulation 2(3)(a), (b) and (c)(ii);
(c) regulation 2(4);
(d) regulation 2(6)(a)(i) and (b);
(e) regulation 2(7)(a), (d) and (e). ”.
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
At 10.10 a.m. on 5th September 2024
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 ( S.I. 2024/884) (“ the 2024 Regulations”) to insert transitional provisions. It comes into force on the same day as the 2024 Regulations.
The transitional provisions inserted disapply specified provisions of the 2024 Regulations in circumstances where a death has not been registered under Part 2 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20)prior to the date on which the 2024 Regulations come into force, a registered medical practitioner has signed a certificate in relation to the death in accordance with regulation 40 (certificate of cause of death) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 ( S.I. 1987/2088) and the Coroner is not under a duty to hold an inquest under section 6 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
2009 c. 25. See section 177(10) for the meaning of “appropriate minister”.
1953 c. 20(1 & 2 Eliz 2).
S.I. 1987/2089. S.I. 1987/2089was amended by S.I. 2009/2165, article 25(3) and Schedule 3. Regulation 2(a) was amended by S.I. 1992/1504, regulation 2.
