The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of deaths and still-births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made: 23rd March 2022

Coming into operation: 24th March 2022

The Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 90(2) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 [^f00001], makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of deaths and still-births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 and comes into operation on the day after it is made.

Interpretation

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In this Order –

• “the Act” means the Coronavirus Act 2020;

• “Schedule 13” means Schedule 13 to the Act;

• “section 18(3)” means section 18(3) of the Act.

Extension of expiring provisions relating to the registration of deaths and still-births

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• (1) Section 18(3) and Part 3 of Schedule 13 (registration of deaths and still-births) –

• (a) do not expire when they would otherwise expire, and

• (b) expire instead immediately before 25th September 2022.

• (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to –

• (a) paragraph 30 of Schedule 13 (transitional provision);

• (b) section 18(3) and paragraph 17 of Schedule 13 so far as they relate to paragraph 30 of Schedule 13.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 23rd March 2022.

Joanne McBurney — A senior officer of the — Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 18(3) of, and Part 3 of Schedule 13 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 contain provisions relating to the registration of deaths and still-births.

Section 89(1) provides for the Act to expire at the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which it was passed (25th March 2020). This is subject to limited exceptions. Section 90 allows expiring provisions to be extended for not more than 6 months.

This Order extends section 18(3) and Part 3 of Schedule 13, so far as they would otherwise expire, for 6 months.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2020 c.7; see subsections (11) to (13) and (15) of section 90