SCHEDULE 2MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS

6Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49)

In section 56(1) of the 1965 Act (interpretation)—

a

before the entry for “birth” insert—

  • “the 2011 Act” means the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11);

b

after the entry for “local authority” insert—

  • “medical reviewer” means a person appointed under paragraph 7A(1) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29);

c

after the entry for “relative” insert—

  • “senior medical reviewer” means a person appointed under paragraph 7A(2) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29);