Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 13 Pt. 3 continued in part until immediately before 25.9.2022 (24.3.2022) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of deaths and still-births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/160), arts. 1, 3
23(1)This paragraph applies if—N.I.
(a)a person dies as a result of any natural illness,
(b)the person was treated by a registered medical practitioner (“A”) within 28 days prior to the date of the person's death,
(c)the time when (apart from this paragraph) A would be required to sign the certificate of cause of death under Article 25(2) falls within any period for which this paragraph has effect,
(d)at that time, A is unable to sign the certificate or it is impracticable for A to do so, and
(e)another registered medical practitioner (“B”) can state to the best of B's knowledge and belief the cause of death.
(2)B may sign the certificate of cause of death under Article 25(2).
(3)B is subject to the other duties applicable to a person who has signed such a certificate.
(4)A is not subject to any duties in relation to such a certificate.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 23 in force at 26.3.2020 by S.I. 2020/361, reg. 2(a)
24(1)This paragraph applies if—N.I.
(a)a person dies as a result of any natural illness,
(b)the person was not treated by a registered medical practitioner within 28 days prior to the date of the person's death, and
(c)a registered medical practitioner (“C”) can state to the best of C's knowledge and belief the cause of death.
(2)C may sign the certificate of cause of death under Article 25(2).
(3)C is subject to the other duties applicable to a person who has signed such a certificate.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 13 para. 24 in force at 26.3.2020 by S.I. 2020/361, reg. 2(a)
25N.I.Where B or C proposes to sign a certificate under Article 25(2) in reliance on paragraph 23 or 24, Form 12 has effect as if—
(a)the two lines beginning with “Date on which was last seen alive and treated by me” were omitted, and
(b)for “has died as a result of the natural illness or disease for which he has been treated by me within twenty eight days prior to the date of death” there were substituted “ has died as a result of the cause of death referred to above ”.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 13 para. 25 in force at 26.3.2020 by S.I. 2020/361, reg. 2(a)
26N.I.Where C signs a certificate under Article 25(2) in reliance on paragraph 24, section 7 of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 15 (N.I.)) has effect as if the words “for which he had been seen and treated by a registered medical practitioner within twenty-eight days prior to his death” were omitted.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 13 para. 26 in force at 26.3.2020 by S.I. 2020/361, reg. 2(a)