The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

Registration where inquest is not held E+W

43.—(1) Where, before the expiration of 12 months from the date of a death which has not been registered, the relevant registrar is notified by the coroner that he does not intend to hold an inquest, the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (4), take such action as may be required to register the death and the particulars on form 13 F1 ..., entering the particulars required in spaces [F2 1 to 7 and 9, in accordance with regulation 42(2) to (7) or, if a declaration is made for the purposes of section 23A of the Act, in accordance with regulation 42A(4) but subject, in relation to space 9 of form 13 (cause of death), to paragraphs (2) and (3) below].

(2) Where the coroner in his notification certifies the cause of death disclosed by any report on a post-mortem examination of the body made [F3 upon a request under section 14 of the 2009 Act], the registrar shall enter in space [F4 9] of form 13 the cause of death precisely as stated in the notification followed by the words “Certified by ... ... ... ...”, inserting the name, surname and description of the coroner followed by the words “after post-mortem without inquest”.

(3) Where the coroner’s notification shows that no post-mortem examination was held by his direction, and the registrar is unable to obtain delivery of a certificate of cause of death, he shall enter in space [F5 9] of form 13 the cause of death–

(a) if the cause is stated in the coroner’s notification, precisely as so stated;

(b) in any other case, as stated by the informant who shall then also verify space [F5 9] (as well as spaces 1 to 7).

(4) After the expiration of 12 months from its date a death shall not be registered under this Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 43(1) omitted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1436), reg. 2(14)

F2 Words in reg. 43(1) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 12(1)

F3 Words in reg. 43(2) substituted (25.7.2013) by The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 15, Consequential and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1869), art. 4, Sch. para. 2(3)

F4 Word in reg. 43(2) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 12(2)

F5 Word in reg. 43(3) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 12(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 43(1) expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 13 para. 6 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 43 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1