The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968

Registration of death after inquest

54.—(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), where, before the expiration of 12 months from the date of a death which it is his duty to register, a registrar receives a coroner's certificate upon an inquest with reference to that death, the registrar shall register the death as follows:—

(a) in spaces 1 to 6 and 8 he shall enter the particulars contained in the certificate, precisely as stated therein, 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 7 he shall enter 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) in space 10 he shall enter the date on which the entry is made and in space 11 he shall sign the entry and add his official description.

(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 foregoing provisions of this regulation with the following modifications:—

(a) in space 8 he shall enter the cause of death as stated in the certificate, and where it appears that the inquest was adjourned under section 20 of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926 and a person has been charged with the murder, manslaughter or infanticide of the deceased person, the registrar shall enter 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; and

(b) in space 7, instead of the words “Certificate received from” the registrar shall enter—

(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 …”