3. Prior to the commencement of section 23(1A)(b) of the 1965 Act (registration without personal attendance at registration office)(1)—
(a)manuscript signature is the manner of attestation prescribed; and
(b)the form in Schedule 10 to the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (2) is the form prescribed as the death registration form,
for the purposes of section 23(1A)(a) of the 1965 Act .
Section 23(1A)(b) was inserted by section 42(3)(b) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14).
S.I. 1997/2348. The Form in Schedule 10 was substituted by S.S.I. 2005/595, Schedule 2.