Registration of death after inquestN.I.
27.—(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), where a registrar receives a coroner's certificate under section 23 of the Coroner's Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 M1 upon an inquest with reference to a death, that death shall be registered as follows —
(a)in spaces 1 to 10 there shall be entered the particulars contained in the certificate as particulars to be entered in those spaces respectively, provided that if any person is named in the certificate as having caused the death, the name of that person shall be omitted,
(b)in space 16 there shall be entered the words “Certificate received from” and the name and description of the coroner, and the words “inquest held” and the date of the inquest as stated in the certificate,
(c)the provisions of regulation 25(3)(b) and 26 shall apply as they apply to the registration of a death where an inquest is not held.
(2) Where the coroner's certificate relates to an inquest which has been adjourned and not resumed, the registrar shall register the death in accordance with the provision of paragraph (1), subject to the following modifications —
(a)in space 10 there shall be entered the cause of death as stated in the certificate,
(b)where it appears that the inquest was adjourned under the Coroners (Practice and Procedure) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1963 M2 and a person has been charged with the murder, manslaughter or infanticide of the deceased person, there shall be entered, after the entry of the cause of death, the result of the criminal proceedings as stated in the certificate, provided that if any person is named in the certificate as having been so charged the name of that person shall be omitted,
(c)in space 16, instead of the words “certificate received from” there shall be entered—
(i)if the inquest was adjourned and not resumed, the words “Certificate on inquest adjourned and not resumed received from”, and
(ii)if the inquest was adjourned sine die, the words “Certificate on inquest adjourned sine die received from”.
Marginal Citations
M2S.R. 1963 No. 199 to which the most recent amendments were effected by S.R. 2002 No. 37 and S.R. 2008 No. 32