The Supply of Information (Register of Deaths) Regulations 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 3460

police, england and wales

registration of births, deaths, marriages etc. ENGLAND AND WALES

The Supply of Information (Register of Deaths) Regulations 2007

Made

6th December 2007

Laid before Parliament

10th December 2007

Coming into force

1st January 2008

The Registrar General in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1)(d) and 49 of the Police and Justice Act 2006(1) with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer(2), makes the following Regulations:

Citation, Commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Supply of Information (Register of Deaths) Regulations and shall come into force on 1st January 2008.

(2) Reference to the Registrar General means the Registrar General for births, deaths, marriages, and civil partnerships in England and Wales.

(3) Reference to information is information contained in any register of deaths held by the Registrar General.

(4) List Cleaning means updating lists so as to remove the entries on those lists of persons who are deceased.

Disclosure of information

2.—(1) The Registrar General may supply information to the person or body specified or of a description specified in the Schedule.

Given under my hand on 5th December 2007

Registrar General

I approve 6th December 2007

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

By authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Date

SCHEDULE

1.  A local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1972.

2.  A local authority within the meaning of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.

3.  The Council of the Isles of Scilly.

4.  A council within the meaning of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.

5.  A district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.

6.  A government department in England and Wales and any agency thereof.

7.  A government department in Scotland and any agency thereof.

8.  A government department in Northern Ireland and any agency thereof.

9.  A credit reference agency that provides factual information so that lenders can make decisions regarding credit.

10.  A building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986.

11.  An insurance company within the meaning of the Finance Act 2004.

12.  Any person or body offering goods or services on credit or lending money to customers under the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

13.  Banks as defined in the Income Tax Act 2007.

14.  The trustees or managers of a pension scheme.

15.  Any person or body undertaking list cleaning as defined in these regulations.

16.  A public body, not being a government department, which is a non-departmental public body established by an Act of Parliament or by a statutory instrument made under an Act of Parliament to perform functions conferred on it under or by that Act or instrument or any other Act or instrument; or a body to whom Ministerial functions have been contracted out under the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

17.  A health service body as defined in section 4(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

18.  The City of London.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulation)

These Regulations permit the Registrar General for Births, Deaths. Marriages and Civil Partnerships in England and Wales to supply information contained in any register of deaths held by the Registrar General, to any person or body specified or of a description specified in the schedule to these regulations.

(1)

2006 c.48.

(2)

The approval of “the Minister” is required by section 39 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. The function of approving Regulations was transferred to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by article 3(1) and paragraph 8(b) of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273).