Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14 Review of medical certificates of cause of death and cremations: Scotland

PART 1 Review of medical certificates of cause of death

Effect of direction on existing reviews referred under section 24A of the 1965 Act

3 (1) This paragraph applies to any review of a medical certificate of cause of death, other than one falling within paragraph 5, which—

(a) was referred for review under section 24A of the 1965 Act prior to a direction being made under paragraph 2(2), and

(b) has not been completed at the time the direction is made.

(2) The medical reviewer or, as the case may be, senior medical reviewer must—

(a) stop conducting the review, and

(b) notify the relevant registrar that the death may be registered.