2015 No. 163
The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application for Review) Regulations 2015
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(8) of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 20111 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application for Review) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 13th May 2015.
Form and content of application under section 4(1) of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 20112
An application under section 4(1) of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 must be—
a
in the Form set out in the Schedule and contain the information and documents specified in that form;
b
submitted to Healthcare Improvement Scotland2; and
c
accompanied by the medical certificate of cause of death.
Rejected applications3
Where an application is rejected because the medical certificate of cause of death is not eligible or because the application is incomplete, the medical reviewer must tell the applicant in what respect the certificate is not eligible or the application is incomplete.
SCHEDULEFORM
(This note is not part of the Regulations)