#3
10 days seems a long gap before registration, even knocking a couple of days off for Christmas.
The death occurred on Friday 21 Dec
Sat /sun
Monday 24 Christmas Eve
Tues 25 Christmas Day
Wed 26 Boxing Dat
Thu 27
Fri 28 date of Cremation / Burial
Sat /sun
Mon 31 Certificate signed

I seem to recall a green certificate ( and not necessarily the death certificate ) was required by the undertaker and was sufficient to allow the funeral to take place.

In the instance of my late brother who died in May 2002, cremated June, a death certificate was not ordered by the Coroner until Sept 2002. Yet the deed had been done!!!!