Legislation – Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Act (Northern Ireland) 2026
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Registration
Registration of particulars of still-birth6.
(1)
Regulation 16 of the 2012 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2)
In paragraph (2)—
(a)
for “, 11 and 12(4)”
substitute
;“and 11”
(b)
omit the words from “but a qualified informant”
to the end.
(3)
“(2A)
For the purposes of Article 10(4) of the 1976 Order, a person who is required to give information to the registrar concerning a still-birth must give that information in one of the following ways—
(a)
by attending personally at any Register Office;
(b)
by telephone;
(c)
by any approved electronic means.”.
(4)
“(4)
When the required particulars have been entered in Form 2, 2A or 2B—
(a)
the registrar must call upon the qualified informant to verify that the particulars have been entered correctly, except that a qualified informant is not required to verify particulars of the cause of the still-birth, and
(b)
if it appears that any error has been made, a fresh entry of the still-birth must be made containing the correct particulars.
(5)
When the qualified informant has verified that the particulars entered are correct—
(a)
if the qualified informant has attended personally, the informant must sign the register at the appropriate place, and
(b)
the registrar must enter the name and official description of the registrar at the appropriate place.”.
(5)
In consequence of the amendments made by subsections (2) and (4), in regulation 30(2)(b) of the 2012 Regulations, for “regulation 12(4) as applied by regulation 16(2)”
substitute
.“regulation 16(4)”
(6)
In Schedule 1 to the 2012 Regulations—
(a)
in Form 2, for entry 15 substitute
;“Signature or Name of person professing to be informant”
(b)
in Form 2A, for entry 15 substitute
;“Síniú nó ainm an duine a dhearbhaíonn gurb é féin an faisnéiseoir”
(c)
“Signature or Name of person professing to be informant
Síniú nó ainm an duine a dhearbhaíonn gurb é féin an faisnéiseoir”.