What the registration staff will give you

What the Registration Staff will give you

• The Registrar will in turn provide you with a Certificate for burial or cremation (known as the ‘Green Form’) unless the Coroner has already given you an order for burial or certificate of cremation. The funeral cannot be held until these forms/certificates are given to the Funeral Director • Form BD8 must be completed if the deceased was in receipt of benefits. There will be instructions how to complete this and what to do next. This will be printed off for you at the Registration Office.

Copies of the death certificate

The death certificate is a certified copy of the entry in the Death Register. Purchasing additional copies while registering the death can be useful as they are often required for sorting out financial affairs such as insurance policies, bank accounts, pension claims or for other purposes. You may be required to leave an original with a particular company for a short period of time (photocopies will not be accepted).