28.The Act amends the 1976 Order and the 2012 Regulations in order to:
	Enable the transfer of death and still-birth forms between the Medical Practitioner/Midwife and the Registrar, and then the Registrar and the funeral director alongside the current provision of providing the forms to the informant;
	Enable an informant of a death or still-birth to give information by telephone or approved electronic means alongside attendance in person at the registration office;
	Remove the requirement to sign the register if the registration has been completed by telephone or electronic means. The signature will be replaced by the name of the person professing to be the informant.
	Introduce the use of approved electronic means for the delivery and signing of documents.
	Introduce an enabling power to make regulations for a Baby Loss Certificate Scheme to recognise losses before 24 weeks of pregnancy.
	Enable a same-sex female couple to attend separately at the registration office to register a birth.
	Enable a second female parent to register a still-birth without the mother being present, and to enable the re-registration of the still-birth if the mother disputes the details recorded by the second female parent.
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