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UK Law Reference
All sections of Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019
2019 c. 12, s.3

Section 3 — Report on registration of pregnancy loss

Extent: E+W

This version in force from 2019-05-26

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) The Secretary of State must make arrangements for the preparation of a report on whether, and if so how, the law ought to be changed to require or permit the registration of pregnancy losses which cannot be registered as still-births under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a pregnancy loss occurs when a person's pregnancy ends and, after being parted from the person, the foetus does not breathe or show any other sign of life.

(3) In the case of a multiple pregnancy, subsection (2) applies as if there were a separate pregnancy in respect of each foetus.

(4) The Secretary of State must publish the report prepared under this section.