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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of deaths and still-births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 No. 160
Draft Order laid before the Assembly under section 96(5) of the Coronavirus Act 2020, for approval
Draft Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Coronavirus
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The Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 90(2) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (1), makes the following Order.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3.—(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.
(This note is not part of the Order)
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.
2020 c.7; see subsections (11) to (13) and (15) of section 90
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