PART 1

The health service in England

Miscellaneous

Certification of death
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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”.