Part 1Coroners etc

Chapter 2Notification, certification and registration of deaths

18Notification by medical practitioner to senior coroner

1

The Lord Chancellor may make regulations requiring a registered medical practitioner, in prescribed cases or circumstances, to notify a senior coroner of a death of which the practitioner is aware.

2

Before making regulations under this section the Lord Chancellor must consult—

a

the Secretary of State for Health F1and Social Care, and

b

the Chief Coroner.