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The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (Amendment) Regulations 2024

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Contents: 7 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 2 Amendments of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024
  4. 3 Supply of information
  5. 4 Amendment to Schedule 3
  6. 5 Amendment to Schedule 4
  7. Schedule MEC3 and MEC4

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7 provisions

Title and introductory text

This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2024/492 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. 2024 No. 1064 MEDICAL PROFESSION, ENGLAND AND WALES CORONERS, ENGLAND AND WALES The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Made 24th October 2024 Laid before Parliament 25th October 2024 Coming into force 22nd November 2024 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1)(a) to (k), (m) and (o), and 176(3) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and section 26(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993. In accordance with section 20(3) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers, the Registrar General and the Statistics Board in relation to the forms prescribed under section 20(1)(m) of that Act.

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1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 22nd November 2024. (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

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2 Amendments of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024

The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.

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3 Supply of information

After regulation 25 insert— Supply of information 25A (1) A supply of information under these Regulations— (a) does not breach any obligation of confidence owed by the person supplying the information; and (b) does not operate to require or authorise the disclosure or use of information which would contravene data protection legislation. (2) In this regulation, “data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018. .

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4 Amendment to Schedule 3

In Schedule 3, for Part 2 (medical examiner’s certificate - live-born child dying within the period of 28 days beginning with the day of the child’s birth; English and Welsh form) substitute the form as set out in Part 1 of the Schedule.

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5 Amendment to Schedule 4

In Schedule 4, for Part 2 (medical examiner’s certificate - other cases; English and Welsh form) substitute the form as set out in Part 2 of the Schedule.

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Schedule MEC3 and MEC4

Regulations 4 and 5 Part 1 English and Welsh form Part 2 English and Welsh form

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