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The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013
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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 159 (C. 11)
Public Health
The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013
Made
21st May 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
23rd May 2013
Coming into force
8th June 2013
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) and (4)(b) of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011(1).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013 and comes into force on 8th June 2013.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011.
Appointed day
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule) is 8th June 2013, but where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to a provision, that provision comes into force on 8th June 2013 for that purpose only.
MICHAEL MATHESON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st May 2013
Article 2
SCHEDULE
Column 1 Provisions of the Act | Column 2 Subject Matter | Column 3 Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1(1) | Medical reviewers | Only for the purpose of allowing medical reviewers to exercise functions under sections 20 and 21 of the Act. |
| Section 1(2) | Medical reviewers | Only for the purpose of allowing senior medical reviewers to exercise functions under sections 20 and 21 of the Act. |
| Section 1(3) and schedule 1 | Medical reviewers | |
| Section 20 | Training and information functions | |
| Section 21 | Duty to co-operate | Only for the purposes of section 20 of the Act. |
| Section 22 | Guidance | Only for the purposes of section 20 of the Act. |
| Section 26 | Certifying medical practitioner to provide additional information | |
| Section 27 | Still-birth declarations | |
| Section 31 | Interpretation |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 8th June 2013, sections 1(3), 20, 26, 27 and 31 of, and schedule 1 to, the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) for all purposes, and section 1(1) and (2) for the limited purpose of enabling medical reviewers, and the senior medical reviewer, to exercise functions under sections 20 and 21 of the Act. Sections 21 and 22 are also commenced for the purposes of section 20 only.
The Act received Royal Assent on 20th April 2011. Sections 28, 29 and 32 came into force the following day.
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