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5.—(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies, the amendments made by regulations 2 and 4 do not apply in relation to a death which occurs before the coming into force of these Regulations.
(2) This paragraph applies where, before the coming into force of these Regulations—
(a)the death has not been registered under Part 2 of the 1953 Act,
(b)a registered medical practitioner has not signed a certificate in the prescribed form in accordance with section 22(1) of the 1953 Act (registration of cause of death on receipt of medical certificate) in relation to the death, and
(c)a senior coroner is not under a duty to hold an inquest into the death under section 6 of the 1953 Act.
(3) In this regulation, “the 1953 Act” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953(1).
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