Point in time view as at 01/04/2020.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011, Section 16.
(1)A medical reviewer (including the senior medical reviewer) must report any suspicion of criminality arising from the review of a medical certificate of cause of death (or a number of such reviews) to the procurator fiscal.
(2)A medical reviewer (including the senior medical reviewer), having reported a suspicion under subsection (1), must follow the directions of the procurator fiscal as to the appropriate action to take.
Commencement Information
I1S. 16 in force at 13.5.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3
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