Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2024.

(2) This Order comes into force on 9th September 2024.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

2. —(1) The Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 2, insert—

“ Transitional provision

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 form 14 or in form 15 in accordance with regulation 40 (certificate of cause of death) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 ( 3 ) in relation to the death; 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 ( 4 ) .

(2) Where this regulation applies, the following provisions of these Regulations do not apply to the death—

(a) regulation 2(2) to (7);

(b) regulation 2(13) to (19);

(c) regulation 2(21)(a)(i) and (b). ” .