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Record of stillbirths
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10. The Act of 2004 is amended by the insertion of the following Part after Part 3B:
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“PART 3C
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Record of Stillbirths
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Record of stillbirths
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30M. (1) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall establish and maintain a record of stillbirths (in this Act referred to as the ‘record of stillbirths’).
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(2) The following persons may, in respect of an entry in existence in the register of stillbirths, apply to an tArd-Chláraitheoir to enter such particulars of that entry as may be specified by an tArd-Chláraitheoir in the record of stillbirths, namely—
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(a) a parent of the stillborn child concerned,
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(b) where both parents are dead, a relative of either parent, and
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(c) such other person as an tArd-Chláraitheoir may, in his or her discretion, determine.
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(3) The record of stillbirths 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.
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(4) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall, on application to him or her in that behalf by a person—
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(a) search the record of stillbirths, or
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(b) give the person a certified copy or a copy of an entry in the record of stillbirths specified by the person.”.
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