Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011

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

3 S Section 21(5) of the 1965 Act (person having charge of place of interment to give notice of burial of still-born child without certificate) is repealed.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 13.5.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3

4 S In section 24 of the 1965 Act (certificate of cause of death), after subsection (1), insert—

“(1A) A registered medical practitioner may, where invited to do so under section 10(2)(b) or 11(6) of the 2011 Act (action following unsatisfactory review), attest and transmit a replacement certificate to a medical reviewer or, as the case may be, the senior medical reviewer.”.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 13.5.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3

5 S Section 27(2) and (3) of the 1965 Act (transmission of certificate of registration) is repealed.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 13.5.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3

6 S 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);”.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 13.5.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3