The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008

Supplementary powers of medical referee

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

12.  A medical referee—

(a)who has investigated the cause of death of a deceased person, may issue a confirmatory medical certificate in an emergency;

(b)who has made a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased person under regulation 24(2), may issue a certificate under regulation 24(3); and

(c)who is a coroner, may issue a certificate under regulation 16(1)(c)(ii).