Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926

3 Notification of disposal to registrar. E+W

(1) The person effecting the disposal of the body of any deceased person shall, within ninety-six hours of the disposal, deliver to the registrar in the prescribed manner a notification as to the date, place and means of disposal of the body.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

[F2 (3) A notification under subsection (1) may be made and delivered in an approved electronic form.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 2, 3(2), 6, 7, Sch.1 repealed by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20), Sch. 2

F2 S. 3(3) inserted (1.12.2021) by The Births and Deaths Registration (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1231), arts. 1(2), 2(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 3(1) applied by Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945 (c. 27), s. 4(3)(b)