{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-3.1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/103",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Fatal Accident Inquiry Rules) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017",
  "path": "rule/3.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.1",
  "heading": "First notice",
  "text": "(1) First notice is to be given in Form 3.1.\n(2) First notice must set out—\n(a) the information required by section 15(2)(a) (that is, a brief account of the circumstances of the death, so far as known to the procurator fiscal);\n(b) the identity of the deceased;\n(c) any issues identified by the procurator fiscal which it is anticipated the inquiry should address;\n(d) whether the procurator fiscal considers that a preliminary hearing is unnecessary and, if so, the reasons for that view;\n(e) whether the inquiry is mandatory or discretionary and—\n(i) if mandatory, the category of mandatory inquiry;\n(ii) if discretionary, whether the Lord Advocate considers that the death fell within section 4(1)(a)(i) or (ii);\n(f) in the case of a discretionary inquiry under section 6 (inquiries into deaths occurring abroad: general), which condition in section 6(3)(a) is met;\n(g) in the case of a discretionary inquiry under section 7 (inquiries into deaths occurring abroad: service personnel) that the conditions in section 7(1)(c) are met; and\n(h) the identity of any person who the procurator fiscal considers might have an interest in the inquiry.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.1 in force at 15.6.2017, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/103/rule/3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:19.120442+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}