Notification of death to coronerE+W
7(1)A registered medical practitioner is not required to notify the relevant senior coroner of a person's death in the circumstances described in regulation 3(1)(e) or (f) of the 2019 Regulations unless the practitioner also reasonably believes that—E+W
(a)there is no registered medical practitioner who may sign a certificate under section 22(1) of the 1953 Act in reliance on paragraph 4(2) or (3), or
(b)there is such a registered medical practitioner, but the practitioner is not available within a reasonable time of the person's death to sign the certificate.
(2)Expressions used in this paragraph and the 2019 Regulations have the same meaning as in the Regulations.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 7 in force at 26.3.2020 by S.I. 2020/361, reg. 2(a)