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Amendment of section 28 of Act of 2004
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8. Section 28 of the Act of 2004 is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, when a child is stillborn—
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(a) the parents or, if one of the parents is dead, the surviving parent of the child, or
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(b) if both of the parents are dead, a relative of either parent,
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may—
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(i) attend before any registrar and there—
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(I) give to the registrar, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the required particulars of the stillbirth and, if it has been obtained, the certificate referred to in subsection (3), and
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(II) after the registrar has entered the required particulars in relation to the stillbirth in the register, sign the register in the presence of the registrar,
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or
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(ii) provide to an tArd-Chláraitheoir to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the required particulars of the stillbirth and, if it has been obtained, the certificate referred to in subsection (3), by electronic means in such manner as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may specify.”,
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) Subsection (1)(ii) shall only apply where the person providing the particulars concerned has been issued with a public services card (within the meaning of the Act of 2005).”,
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(c) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “paragraph (i)” for “paragraphs (i) to (iii)”, and
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(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):
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“(2A) Where a person referred to in subsection (1) has taken the steps specified in paragraph (ii) of that subsection in relation to a stillbirth, the stillbirth shall be registered in a manner specified by an tArd Chlaraitheoir.”.
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