Funeral Industry News

• Deadline for registering death

  10th August 2026 by funeral-industry-news

  This is a reminder that, in accordance with section 23 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965, the informant (the person registering the death) has a duty to provide the registrar with the particulars of death within 8 days. National Records of Scotland (NRS) understand that this requirement can cause anxiety...

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• Temporary Changes To The Death Certification Review Service’s Administration Of Applications For Repatriation

  13th March 2020 by funeral-industry-news

  The Death Certification Review Service (DCRS) is temporarily changing the way that applications for repatriation are administered and will suspend the need to certify documents.  It will still be necessary to obtain authorisation for repatriation from DCRS for these cases. Removing the requirement to certify these documents, means that DCRS will be able to process...

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