37.—(1) Subject to Article 40A of the 1976 Order, the Registrar General, or any registrar, may as regards any entry in a register of deaths, issue a short death certificate.
(2) The form of a short death certificate shall be Form 20 [F1, 20A or 20B].
(3) The particulars to be furnished by an applicant for a short death certificate shall be the following particulars relating to the deceased person to whom the application relates—
(a)the name and surname of the person,
(b)the date and place of death of the person, and
(c)the usual address of the person prior to the death.
(4) The furnishing of any of the particulars listed in paragraph (3) may be dispensed with in any case where it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to furnish such particulars.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 37(2) inserted (11.3.2022) by The Marriage, Civil Partnership and Civil Registration (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/48), regs. 1, 5(10)
38.—(1) The particulars to be shown in a short death certificate shall be such of the corresponding particulars appearing in the entry of the death as the Registrar General may direct, but shall not include the cause of death.
(2) Where an amendment has been made to an entry by means of a notation in the margin of the entry, the particulars included in a short death certificate compiled in relation to that entry shall be those particulars as amended.