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Children and Young Persons Act 2008

Section 31: Supply of information concerning the death of children to Local Safeguarding Children Boards

132.Section 31 places a new duty on registrars to provide the LSCB in their sub-district with the following information in relation to deceased children (i.e. persons who were or may have been under 18 years of age at the time of death):

  • the particulars of death within 7 days of registering the death;

  • notification of any corrections made to the registrar for that sub-district within 7 days of making such corrections; and

  • information about any certificate issued under section 24(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, within 7 days of issue.

133.Subsection (9) requires LSCBs to make arrangements for the receipt of such notifications, and to publish these arrangements.

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