Part 1Coroners etc
Chapter 2Notification, certification and registration of deaths
18BF1Medical examiners: Wales
1
A Welsh NHS body may appoint persons as medical examiners to discharge in Wales the functions conferred on medical examiners by or under this Chapter.
2
The Welsh Ministers must take such steps as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for the purpose of ensuring—
a
that enough medical examiners are appointed under subsection (1) to enable those functions to be discharged in Wales,
b
that the funds and other resources that are made available to such medical examiners are enough to enable those functions to be discharged in Wales, and
c
that the performance of such medical examiners is monitored by reference to any standards or levels of performance that they are expected to attain.
3
In this section “Welsh NHS body” means—
a
a Local Health Board,
b
a National Health Service trust established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or
c
a Special Health Authority established under section 22 of that Act.