Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Act 2024

Search of register of stillbirths

15. The Act of 2004 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 62:

“Search of register of stillbirths

62. (1) An tArd-Chláraitheoir, a Superintendent Registrar, a registrar or an authorised officer shall, on application in writing to him or her in that behalf by a person referred to in subsection (2) and on payment of the prescribed fee—

(a) search the register of stillbirths, or

(b) give the person—

(i) a copy certified by him or her to be a true copy,

(ii) a copy, or

(iii) a certified extract,

of an entry in the register of stillbirths specified by the person.

(2) The following persons may make an application under subsection (1):

(a) a person who is, in relation to the child who is the subject of the entry on the register referred to in subsection (1)—

(i) a parent,

(ii) a grandparent,

(iii) a brother or sister,

(iv) a child of a brother or sister,

or

(b) any other person who an tArd-Chláraitheoir, in his or her discretion, determines.”.