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.