Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25)

Part 1 E+W+N.I. Coroners etc

Valid from 18/06/2018

Chapter 2 E+W Notification, certification and registration of deaths

Valid from 09/07/2019

18 Notification by medical practitioner to senior coroner E+W

(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 [F1 and Social Care], and

(b) the Chief Coroner.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 18(2)(a) inserted (11.4.2018) by The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 15(a) (with art. 14)