Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Act 2026

19 Application for review of medical certificate of cause of death

(1) The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 4 (application for review of certificate by interested person)—

(a) for subsection (3), substitute—

“(3) The medical reviewer may reject an application under subsection (1) if the medical reviewer—

(a) considers the application to be vexatious,

(b) considers the application to be identical to, or substantially the same as, an application relating to a medical certificate of cause of death that has been or is being reviewed under section 8(1)(b), or

(c) considers it otherwise appropriate to do so.”,

(b) after subsection (3), insert—

“(3A) Where an application is rejected under subsection (3), the medical reviewer must inform the applicant of the reason for the rejection.”,

(c) in subsection (6), paragraphs (b) and (c) are repealed.

(3) In section 8 (review of medical certificates of cause of death), in subsection (1), the words “as vexatious” are repealed.