Legislation – Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022
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Part 3Public service reform
Registration of deaths
26Funeral director giving information of particulars of death
(1)
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 is modified as follows.
(2)
In section 23 (duty to give information of particulars of death)—
(a)
“(1ZA)
The duty to give information concerning a death imposed by subsection (1) is discharged in relation to every person upon whom the duty is imposed if the funeral director responsible for arranging the deceased’s funeral gives the information to the district registrar for a registration district on behalf of any of those persons.
(1ZB)
In subsection (1ZA), “funeral director” has the meaning given by section 31(1) of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011.”,
(b)
in subsection (1A), after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1ZA)”
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