The Community Charges (Notification of Deaths) (Scotland) Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/2211
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Charges (Notification of Deaths) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st February 1989.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“the Officer” means the Community Charges Registration Officer of each region or islands area within which the registration district wholly or partly falls;

“the registrar” means the district registrar for each registration district.

Section 3 Particulars of deaths to be notified by registrars

The registrar shall furnish to the Officer in respect of the death of any person aged 16 years or over and usually resident in the United Kingdom the following particulars of the deceased:—

(a) the surname and name;

(b) the date of birth;

(c) the date of death;

(d) the usual residence; and

(e) the district where the death was registered.

Section 4 Time limit for and manner of notification

The registrar shall, within 7 days of registration of such death, notify the Officer by sending to him such form as is from time to time approved by the Registrar General for such purpose with the particulars prescribed in the above paragraph duly entered thereon.