Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7)

PART 1 U.K. The health service in England

Miscellaneous E+W

54 Certification of death E+W

(1) Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (notification, certification and registration of deaths) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 19 (medical examiners)—

(a) in subsection (1) for “Primary Care Trusts” substitute “Local authorities”,

(b) in subsection (2) for “Trust” (in each place where it occurs) substitute “local authority”, and

(c) in subsection (5) for “a Primary Care Trust” substitute “a local authority”.

(3) In section 20 (medical certificate of cause of death), in subsection (5) for “Primary Care Trust” substitute “local authority”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 54 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)