Registration of still-births
2.—(1) Part I of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (registration of births) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.
(2) In section 9 (giving of information to a person other than the registrar) in subsection (1) the words “, not being a still-birth,” are hereby repealed.
(3) In section 11 (special provision as to registration of still-birth) after subsection (1A) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1B) Where information of the particulars required to be registered concerning a still-birth is given by means of a declaration in writing in accordance with section 9(1) of this Act—
(a)subsection (1) of this section shall apply to the person by whom the declaration is made as if the references to the registrar were to the officer in whose presence the declaration is made; and
(b)that officer shall send the certificate delivered, or the declaration made, under that subsection to the registrar.”.