2013 No. 159 (C. 11)
The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
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 20111.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
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 day2
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.
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 |
(This note is not part of the Order)