Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 9 – Population (Statistics) Act 1938 (c. 12)
923.Paragraph 9 amends paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Population (Statistics) Act 1938 which provides for the following information to be collected when a death is registered - whether the deceased was single, married, widowed or divorced and the age of the surviving spouse, if any, of the deceased. The amendments ensure that the age of the surviving civil partner, if any, of the deceased may be collected, together with information about whether the deceased was a civil partner or a former civil partner.