Scottish Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 115 (C. 24)
Public Health
The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015
Made 11th March 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 13th March 2015
Coming into force 25th March 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) and (4)(b) of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011.
2011 asp 11.

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 25th March 2015.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011.

Appointed days
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule) is 25th March 2015, but only for the purposes specified in column 3 of the Schedule.
3. The day appointed for the coming into force of the Act, insofar as not already in force, is 13th May 2015.
MAUREEN WATT
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th March 2015
SCHEDULE
Column 1 Provisions of the Act	Column 2 Subject Matter	Column 3 Purpose
Section 4(8)	Application for review of certificate by interested person	Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made
Section 18(4)	Medical reviewers to authorise cremation	Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made
Section 19(4)	Post-mortem examination of person who died outwith United Kingdom	Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made
Section 25	Prohibition on disposal of body without authorisation	Only for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made under section 27A(2) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 1965 c.49.
Article 2

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 25th March 2015 sections 4(8), 18(4), 19(4), 24(3) and 25 of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”), for the limited purpose of enabling regulations to be made. To the extent that it is not already in force, the Act is brought into force for all purposes on 13th May 2015.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 20th April 2011. Sections 28, 29 and 32 came into force the following day. The provisions of the Act commenced by earlier commencement order are detailed in the table below.
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.S.I.No.
Section 1(1) (partially) for purposes relating to medical reviewers’ functions	8th June 2013	2013/159
Section 1(2) (partially) for purposes relating to medical reviewers’ functions		
Section 1(3) and Schedule 1		
Section 20		
Section 21 (partially) for purposes relating to medical reviewers’ functions		
Section 22 (partially) for purposes relating to medical reviewers’ functions		
Section 26		
Section 27		
Section 31		