Section 44 — Provision of information to registrar when investigation discontinued

In section 23 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (furnishing of information by coroner in connection with registration of death), after subsection (3) insert— (4) Where a senior coroner— (a) discontinues an investigation under section 4 of the 2009 Act, (b) authorises the disposal of the body, and (c) sends to the registrar, on request by the registrar, a certificate stating any particulars required by this Act to be registered concerning the death (so far as they have been ascertained at the date of the certificate), the registrar shall in the prescribed form and manner register the death and those particulars, so far as they are not already registered.