Providing Certainty In Difficult Times – Relatives of people who are missing and are assumed dead will be able to apply for presumption of death certificates from 1 October 2014, following implementation of remaining provisions of the Presumption of Death Act 2013. The certificates will be the equivalent of death certificates, creating a simpler legal framework for families to deal with their relative’s legal and financial affairs, with the creation of the scheme bringing England and Wales into line with existing schemes in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
