Regulations may provide that it shall be the duty of the Registrar General or any registrar to furnish the Department, for the purpose of its functions under the Contributions and Benefits Act and this Act and the functions of the Secretary of State under any enactment applying in Great Britain corresponding to either of them, with the prescribed particulars of such deaths as may be prescribed.

The regulations may make provision as to the manner in which and times at which the particulars are to be furnished.

In subsection (1) “Registrar General” and “registrar” have the meanings assigned to them in the M1Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.