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.