Registration of Deaths
CIVIL REGISTRATION ACT
PART 5
Registration of Deaths
Section 36
“the register” (Part 5).
36.—In this Part, “the register” means the register of deaths, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.
Section 37
Provision of particulars, and registration, of deaths.
37.—F128[(1) When a death occurs in the State, it is the duty of—
(a) a relative, civil partner, cohabitant, next of kin, personal representative or religious superior of the deceased who has knowledge of the required particulars in relation to the death, and
(b) if there is no such relative, civil partner, cohabitant, next of kin, personal representative or religious superior who can be found or every such person is incapable through ill health of complying with this subsection, each other qualified informant, unless he or she reasonably believes that another qualified informant has complied with it in relation to the death,
within 3 months from the date of the death—
(i) to attend before any registrar,
(ii) there, to give to the registrar, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, in a form standing specified by an tArd-Chláraitheoir, the required particulars of the death, and
(iii) there, to sign the register relating to the death in the presence of the registrar.]
F129[(1A) It is the duty of a person referred to at paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) to furnish to a registrar such evidence in his or her possession, or within his or her power to so furnish, relating to the required particulars of the death as may be requested by the registrar.]
(2) Subject to section 40, where, after the expiration of 3 months from the date of the death of a person in the State, the death has not been registered because of F130[non-compliance with subsection (1) or (1A)], the F127[Superintendent Registrar in whose registration area] the death occurred may serve a notice on any qualified informant requiring him or her—
(a) to attend before a registrar in F127[that registration area or in the registration area] in which the informant ordinarily resides at the office of the registrar or at any other convenient place specified in the notice within such time (not being less than 10 days from the date of the notice) as may be specified in the notice,
(b) there, to give to the registrar, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, in a form standing specified by an tArd-Chláraitheoir, the required particulars relating to the death and, if so requested by the registrar, the relevant certificate under F131[section 42,]
F132[(ba) to furnish to the registrar such evidence in his or her possession, or within his or her power to so furnish, relating to the required particulars of the death as may be requested by the registrar, and]
(c) there, to sign the register relating to the death in the presence of the registrar,
and, unless the death is duly registered before the expiration of the time specified in the notice, the informant shall comply with the requirement and, thereupon, the registrar shall register the death in such manner as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may direct.
(3) Where a person complies with subsection (1) in relation to a death, the other persons referred to in that subsection are discharged in relation to that death from the duty imposed by that subsection.
F133[(3A) The registrar shall notify the Superintendent Registrar of the registration area to which the registrar is assigned, who shall advise an tArd-Chláraitheoir of a request in that behalf, and an tArd-Chláraitheoir, on production to him or her of such evidence as he or she considers adequate to show that exceptional circumstances exist such that it is necessary for the relief of undue hardship, may direct the Superintendent Registrar to cause the death to be registered notwithstanding that a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) has not signed the register.]
(4) This section applies also to a death that occurred before the commencement of this section and as respects which section 9 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland) 1880 was not complied with.
F134[(5) In this section—
“next of kin” means a person nominated in writing as next of kin by the deceased for the purposes of his or her medical treatment or medical records;
“personal representative” means the executor or executrix or the administrator or administratrix for the time being of a deceased person;
“qualified informant” in relation to a death means—
(a) a relative, civil partner, cohabitant, next of kin, personal representative or religious superior of the deceased who has knowledge of the required particulars concerned,
(b) a person present at the death,
(c) any other person who has knowledge of the required particulars,
(d) if the death occurred in a building used as a dwelling or a part of a building so used, any person who was in the building or part at the time of the death,
(e) if the death occurred in a hospital or other institution or in a building or a part of a building occupied by any other organisation or enterprise, the chief officer of the institution, organisation or enterprise (by whatever name called) or a person authorised by the chief officer to perform his or her functions,
(f) the person who found the body of the person concerned,
(g) the person who took charge of that body,
(h) the person who procured the disposal of that body, or
(i) any other person who has knowledge of the death;
“religious superior” in relation to a deceased person who was a member of a religious body within the meaning of section 45 living as a member of the religious body in an order or community, means the person in charge of the order or community in which the deceased person resided prior to his or her death.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F126
Inserted (1.11.2011) by Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010), s. 13, S.I. No. 648 of 2010.
F127
Substituted (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 part 26 item 13, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.
F128
Substituted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 11(a), S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F129
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 11(b), S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F130
Substituted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 11(c)(i), S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F131
Substituted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 11(c)(ii), S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F132
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 11(c)(iii), S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F133
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 11(d), S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F134
Substituted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 11(e), S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
Section 37A
F135[
Alleviation of requirement on certain persons to appear in person under Part 5 of Act of 2004
37A. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Part, a relative or a qualified informant who, within the emergency period, is required under this Part to—
(a) attend in person before a registrar,
(b) attend in person before a Superintendent Registrar, or
(c) sign a register in the presence of any person,
shall be deemed to have done so where they have provided to the registrar, Superintendent Registrar or person in question such written particulars relating to that requirement as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may specify.
(2) Before the expiration of the emergency period, the Government may, at the request of the Minister made—
(a) after consultation with any other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate having regard to the functions of that Minister of the Government, and
(b) having had regard to the matters referred to in subsection (4),
by order specify a date that is later than the expiration date of the emergency period specified in the definition of “emergency period” or the last order under this subsection, as the case may be, and the emergency period shall be read as extending to, and including, the date so specified.
(3) An order under subsection (2) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
(4) When making an order under subsection (2), the Government shall have regard to the following:
(a) the nature and potential impact of Covid-19 on individuals, society and the State;
(b) the capacity of the State to respond to the risk to public health posed by the spread of Covid-19;
(c) measures taken in order to comply with, or as a consequence of, Government policy;
(d) the need to ensure the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of resources;
(e) the need to ensure the continuity of a well-functioning registration service;
(f) the need to ensure that persons do not have to attend in person to register a death where it would not be safe or advisable in the interests of public health for them to do so.
(5) In this section—
“Covid-19” means a disease caused by infection with the virus SARS-CoV-2 and specified as an infectious disease in accordance with Regulation 6 of, and the Schedule to, the Infectious Diseases Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 390 of 1981) or any variant of the disease so specified as an infectious disease in those Regulations;
“emergency period” means the period beginning on 13 March 2020 and ending on 31 May 2020.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F135
Inserted (13.03.2020) by Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 33, commenced as per s. 1(2)(d).
Editorial Notes:
E68
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (26.01.2021) by Civil Registration Act 2004 (Continuation of Sections 8A, 19B and 37A) (Covid-19) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 28 of 2021). The period specified in subs. (5) is extended to 30 September 2021.
E69
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (4.09.2020) by Civil Registration Act 2004 (Continuation of Sections 8A, 19B and 37A) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 328 of 2020). The emergency period specified in subs. (5) is extended to 31 January 2020.
E70
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (29. 05.2020) by Civil Registration Act 2004 (Continuation of Sections 8A, 19B and 37A) (Covid-19) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 194 of 2020). The emergency period specified in subs. (5) is extended to 31 August 2020.
E71
The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.
Section 38
Registration of deaths occurring outside State of Irish citizens domiciled in State.
38.—An tArd-Chláraitheoir may, on production to him or her of such evidence as appears to him or her to be satisfactory, cause the death outside the State (other than a death to which section 39 applies) of an Irish citizen domiciled in the State to be registered in the register if—
(a) there was not at the time of the death a system of registration of deaths in the place where the death occurred or such a system that applied to such a death, or
(b) it is not possible to obtain copies of or extracts from civil records of the death.
Section 39
Recording and registration of certain other deaths occurring outside State.
39.—(1) Regulations shall require such persons as may be specified to keep specified records of—
(a) the death of a person on board an Irish aircraft or an Irish ship,
(b) the death of an Irish citizen on board a foreign ship or a foreign aircraft travelling to or from a port, or an airport, as the case may be, in the State, and
(c) the death of a member of the Garda Síochána or the Permanent Defence Force or of the spouse or specified members of the family of such a member outside the State while the member is serving outside the State as such member.
(2) Regulations shall provide for the transmission of copies of records referred to in subsection (1), certified by specified persons to be true copies, to an tArd-Chláraitheoir.
(3) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall cause to be entered in the register the required particulars relating to deaths to which records referred to in subsection (1) relate.
(4) Regulations shall provide for the correction of errors in records kept under subsection (1) and for the transmission of copies, certified by specified persons to be true copies, of records corrected under this subsection to an tArd-Chláraitheoir.
(5) On receipt of a corrected record under subsection (4), an tArd-Chláraitheoir shall cause a correct entry that takes account of the corrected record to be entered in the register and the then existing entry relating to the death concerned shall be retained in the register.
(6) In this section—
“foreign aircraft” means an aircraft which is not an Irish aircraft;
“foreign ship” means a ship which is not an Irish ship;
“Irish aircraft” means an aircraft registered in the State;
“Irish ship” has the meaning assigned to it by the Mercantile Marine Act 1955.
Annotations
Amendments:
F136
Substituted by Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (43/2014)), s. 68 and sch. 4, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C12
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (6) amended by Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (43/2014)), s. 68 and sch. 4, not commenced as of date of revision.
(6) In this section— …
F136[“Irish ship” means an Irish ship within the meaning of section 33 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014.]
Section 40
Registration after more than 12 months from death.
40.—(1) A registrar shall not register a death at a time more than 12 months from the date of the death or the finding of the body concerned without the consent in writing of the Superintendent Registrar F137[of the registration area to which the registrar is assigned].
(2) The fact of the giving of a consent under subsection (1) shall be noted in the register.
Annotations
Amendments:
F137
Substituted (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 part 26 item 14, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.
Section 41
Furnishing of particulars of death by a coroner to registrar.
41.—(1) Where, in pursuance of the Coroners Act 1962, a coroner—
(a) holds an inquest,
(b) adjourns an inquest at which evidence of identification and medical evidence as to the cause of death has been given, or
(c) decides, as a result of a post-mortem examination, not to hold an inquest,
he or she shall give the appropriate registrar a certificate containing the required particulars of the death concerned and that registrar shall register the death in such manner as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may direct.
(2) Where a coroner inquires into the circumstances of a death without holding an inquest or causing a post-mortem examination to be made, he or she shall give the appropriate registrar a certificate containing the required particulars of the death and that registrar shall register the death in such manner as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may direct.
(3) Where there is an error in a certificate furnished under subsection (1) or (2) the coroner concerned may give a certificate correcting the error to the registrar concerned, and the registrar shall correct the error in the register.
(4) In this section “appropriate registrar” means a registrar in the F138[registration area] in which the body concerned is lying or was found.
Annotations
Amendments:
F138
Substituted (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 part 26 item 15, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.
F139
Inserted by Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 6(a), not commenced as of date of revision.
F140
Substituted by Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 6(b), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C13
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (2A) inserted and subs. (4) substituted by Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 6, not commenced as of date of revision.
F139[(2A) In preparing a certificate under subsection (1) or (2) the coroner, in so far as is practicable and appropriate—
(a) shall inform a qualified informant of the coroner’s duty to submit the certificate of required particulars to the appropriate registrar, and
(b) may seek any information or assistance, as he or she thinks necessary, from one or more qualified informants, for the purposes of the preparation of the certificate concerned.]
…
F140[(4) In this section—
“appropriate registrar” means a registrar in the registration area in which the body concerned is lying or was found;
“qualified informant” has the meaning assigned to it by section 37.]
Section 42
Certificate of cause of death.
42.—(1) On the death following an illness of a person who was attended during that illness by a registered medical practitioner, the practitioner shall sign and give to a qualified informant (within the meaning of section 37) a certificate stating to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the cause of the death, and the informant shall give the certificate to any registrar together with the form specified in section 37(1) containing the required particulars in relation to the death.
(2) Where a registrar is given a certificate under subsection (1), the registrar shall enter in the register, together with the required particulars—
(a) the cause of the death concerned stated in the certificate, and
(b) the name and address of the registered medical practitioner concerned.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C14
References to “registered medical practitioner” construed (3.07.2008) by Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 108(1), S.I. No. 231 of 2008.
Construction of references to registered medical practitioner and Medical Council, etc.
108.— (1) Every reference to a registered medical practitioner contained in any enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of section 2.
…
Section 42A
F141[Notification of early neonatal deaths
42A.—]
Annotations
Amendments:
F141
Inserted by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 12, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C15
Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 12, not commenced as of date of revision.
F141[42A. (1) Where the death occurs during the first 7 days of life of a child born alive (“early neonatal death”) it shall be the duty of the registered medical practitioner who attends the child concerned to give to the Superintendent Registrar in whose registration area the death occurred, as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the early neonatal death and in such manner as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may direct, the required particulars relating to the early neonatal death.
(2) The duty imposed on a registered medical practitioner under subsection (1) is in addition to, and not in substitution for, a duty or obligation imposed on a person under section 37.]
Editorial Notes:
E72
The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.
Section 43
Place of death.
43.—(1) Where the body of a dead person is found on land and the place in which the death occurred is not known, the death shall be registered by a registrar in the F142[registration area] in which the body is found.
(2) Where the body of a dead person is found in a river, lake or waterway or in the sea or any other area of water, the death shall be registered by a registrar in the F142[registration area] where the body is brought ashore from the area of water in question.
Annotations
Amendments:
F142
Substituted (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 part 26 item 16, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.
Section 44
Power of coroner to authorise disposal of bodies.
44.—(1) A coroner may—
(a) when he or she has held an inquest on a body, but, subject to paragraph (b), in no other circumstances, if he or she thinks fit, by order authorise—
(i) a relative of the deceased person, or any other person, who proposes to cause the body to be disposed of, or
(ii) the undertaker, or any other person, who is in charge of the funeral of the deceased person,
to dispose of the body before the registration of the death, and
(b) authorise the disposal of a body, whether it is lying for the time being in or outside his or her district, irrespective of whether he or she has decided that it is, or will become, necessary to hold an inquest on it.
(2) In subsection (1), “disposal”, in relation to a body, means disposal by burial, cremation or any other means and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.
F143[PART 5A
Death Abroad
]
Annotations
Amendments:
F143
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 13, S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
Section 44A
F144[Application of Part
44A. (1) This Part applies to the death occurring outside of the State (other than where section 38 or 39 applies) of an Irish citizen who was ordinarily resident in the State within 5 years prior to the date of his or her death.
(2) Part 5 shall not apply to a death to which this Part applies.
(3) This Part applies to a death referred to in subsection (1) that occurs before or after the commencement of this section.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F144
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 13, S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
Section 44B
F145[
Record of deaths abroad
44B. (1) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall maintain and keep a record of all deaths to which this Part applies (in this Part referred to as the “record of deaths abroad”), notified to him or her, a Superintendent Registrar or registrar under this Part.
(2) The record of deaths abroad may be maintained in any legible form or in any other form that is capable of being converted into a legible form and of being used to make a legible copy or reproduction of an entry in the record.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F145
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 13, S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
Section 44C
F146[
Provision of information
44C. (1) An informant may notify a registrar of the death of a deceased person in relation to whose death this Part applies, and on furnishing the information and documents referred to in subsection (2) may request that the death is recorded on the record of deaths abroad.
(2) The following information and documents shall be furnished with a request under subsection (1):
(a) such evidence, as may be specified by an tArd-Chláraitheoir, to satisfy the registrar that the death is a death to which this Part applies,
(b) where required by the registrar, a document duly authenticated which purports to be a translation of a document referred to in paragraph (c),
(c) where there was at the time of the death, a system of registration of deaths in the state where the death occurred which applied to the death, a document certified to be a true copy or extract from civil records of the death in accordance with the laws of that state,
(d) as much of the following information as may be available:
(i) date and place of death;
(ii) place of birth of deceased;
(iii) sex of deceased;
(iv) forename, surname, birth surname and address of deceased;
(v) personal public service number of deceased;
(vi) civil status of deceased;
(vii) date of birth of deceased;
(viii) profession or occupation of deceased;
(ix) if deceased was married or a civil partner, the profession or occupation of spouse or civil partner;
(x) if deceased was less than 18 years of age on date of death, occupation of each of his or her parents or guardian;
(xi) forename and birth surname of father of deceased;
(xii) forename and birth surname of mother of deceased;
F149[(xii) forename and birth surname of parent of deceased;]
(xiii) forename, surname, qualification, address and signature F147[of informant;]
F148[(xiv) forename(s) and birth surname(s) of parent(s) of deceased.]
(3) The informant shall provide his or her signature, in such manner as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may direct, to the registrar.
(4) In this section “informant” means a relative, civil partner or cohabitant of a deceased person in relation to whose death this Part applies, or, if all of those persons are unavailable, such other person having knowledge of the death as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may specify.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F146
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 13, S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F147
Substituted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 7(1)(a), commenced as per subs. (2) and S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F148
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 7(1)(b), commenced as per subs. (2) and S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F149
Inserted (6.10.2019) by Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 98, commenced as per s. 1(7).
Section 44D
F150[
Certificate of entry on the record of deaths abroad
44D. Evidence of an entry of the death on the record of deaths abroad, and of such of the facts therein recorded as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may specify, may be given by the production of a document purporting to be a legible copy of the entry by an tArd-Chláraitheoir, a person authorised in that behalf by an tArd-Chláraitheoir, a Superintendent Registrar, an authorised officer or a registrar.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F150
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 13, S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
Section 44E
F151[
Amendment of entry on the record of deaths abroad
44E. On application to an tArd-Chláraitheoir in such manner as he or she may specify, by a person having an interest in the matter, or, if an tArd-Chláraitheoir is satisfied that—
(a) either the documents or information furnished to him or her under section 44C(2), or
(b) the record of deaths abroad,
contain an error of fact, he or she may correct the error concerned and, as necessary, notify the person having an interest in the matter or furnish, under section 44D, evidence of the entry of the death as amended.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F151
Inserted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 13, S.I. No. 550 of 2020.
F152[PART 5B
Registration of Presumed Deaths]
Annotations
Amendments:
F152
Inserted (1.11.2019) by Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 15, S.I. No. 579 of 2019.
Section 44F
F153[
Interpretation
44F. In this Part—
“Court” shall be construed in accordance with section 10 of the Act of 2019;
“register” means the register of presumed deaths.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F153
Inserted (1.11.2019) by Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 15, S.I. No. 579 of 2019.
Section 44G 44G
F154[
Application of Part
44G. (1) This Part applies to a presumed death where a presumption of death order has been made under section 5 of the Act of 2019.
(2) Parts 5 and 5A shall not apply to a presumed death to which this Part applies.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F154
Inserted (1.11.2019) by Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 15, S.I. No. 579 of 2019.
Section 44H
F155[
Furnishing of particulars of presumed death by a court to registrar
44H. (1) Where, in accordance with section 5(3) of the Act of 2019, a Court makes a presumption of death order, the Court concerned shall give to an tArd-Chláraitheoir a copy of the presumption of death order, together with the required particulars contained in Part 5B of the First Schedule that are available to the Court, and he or she shall register the presumed death, or cause it to be registered.
(2) Where there is an error in an order furnished under subsection (1) the Court concerned may give to an tArd-Chláraitheoir a further order correcting the error, and he or she shall correct the error in the register, or cause it to be corrected.
(3) Where a variation order is made by a Court under section 8(3) of the Act of 2019, the Court concerned shall, in an appropriate case, give a copy of the variation order to an tArd-Chláraitheoir, and he or she shall remove the original entry from the register or make such adjustment to that entry as may be required by the variation order, or cause it to be so removed or adjusted.
(4) Where a body has been recovered and—
(a) the body is that of a person for whom an entry has been made in the register, and
(b) an entry has been made in the register of deaths in respect of the recovered body or an entry has been made in the record of deaths abroad in respect of the recovered body,
an tArd-Chláraitheoir shall remove the original entry from the register, or cause it to be removed.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F155
Inserted (1.11.2019) by Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 15, S.I. No. 579 of 2019.
Sch. 1, Part 5
PART 5
Particulars of Deaths to be Entered in Register of Deaths
Section 37.
Date and place of death.
Place of birth of deceased.
Sex of deceased.
Forename(s), surname, birth surname and address of deceased.
Personal public service number of deceased.
F289[Civil status] of deceased.
Date of birth F293[…] of deceased.
Profession or occupation of deceased.
F290[If deceased was married or a civil partner, the profession or occupation of spouse or civil partner.]
If deceased was less than 18 years of age on date of death, occupation(s) of his or her parent(s) or guardian(s).
Forename(s) and birth surname of father of deceased.
Forename(s) and birth surname of mother of deceased.
F291[Forename(s) and birth surname of parent of deceased.]
Certificated cause of death, duration of illness and date of certificate under section 42.
Forename, surname, place of business, daytime telephone number and qualification of registered medical practitioner who signed certificate under section 42.
Forename(s), surname, qualification, address and signature of informant.
If an inquest in relation to the death or a post-mortem examination of the body of deceased was held, the forename, surname and place of business of coroner concerned.
Date of registration.
Signature of registrar.
Annotations
Amendments:
F289
Substituted (1.01.2011) by Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010), s. 25(a), S.I. 648 of 2010.
F290
Substituted (1.01.2011) by Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010), s. 25(b), S.I. 648 of 2010.
F291
Inserted (6.10.2019) by Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 99(c), commenced as per s. 1(7).
F292
Inserted by Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 10(1)(c), not commenced as of date of revision.
F293
Deleted (20.11.2020) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 34(1), with transitional provision in subs. (2), S.I. No 550 of 2020.
Modifications (not altering text):
C21
Prospective affecting provision: particulars inserted by Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 10(1)(c), not commenced as of date of revision.
F292[Country of birth (within the meaning of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 205/2014 of 4 March 2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions1) of the deceased.
Country of citizenship of the deceased.]
C22
Reference to “registered medical practitioner” construed (3.07.2008) by Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 108(1), S.I. No. 231 of 2008.
Construction of references to registered medical practitioner and Medical Council, etc.
108.— (1) Every reference to a registered medical practitioner contained in any enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of section 2.
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1 O.J. No. l 65, 5.3.2014, p. 10-26.
Sch. 1, Part 5B
F294[PART 5B
Particulars of Presumed Deaths to be Entered in the Register of Presumed Deaths
date and place of presumed death (or most accurate estimate of date and place of presumed death);
place of birth of missing person;
sex of missing person;
forename(s), surname, birth surname and address of missing person;
personal public service number of missing person;
civil status of missing person;
date of birth of missing person;
profession or occupation of missing person;
if missing person was married or in a civil partnership, the name and profession or occupation of spouse or civil partner;
if missing person was less than 18 years of age on presumed date of death, occupation(s) of his or her parent(s) or guardian(s);
forename(s) and birth surname of father of missing person;
forename(s) and birth surname of mother of missing person;
forename(s) and birth surname of parent of missing person;
forename(s), surname, qualification, address and signature of informant;
a copy of the presumption of death order made under section 5 of the Act of 2019;
the forename, surname and place of business of the judge that made the presumption of death order;
date of registration;
signature of registrar.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F294
Inserted (1.11.2019) by Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 16, S.I. No. 579 of 2019.