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The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013

S.S.I. 2013/159 · Made 21 May 2013

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Public Health

Made 21st May 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 23rd May 2013

Coming into force 8th June 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) and (4)(b) of the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2011 asp 11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013 and comes into force on 8th June 2013.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule) is 8th June 2013, but where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to a provision, that provision comes into force on 8th June 2013 for that purpose only.

Signature

MICHAEL MATHESON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

21st May 2013

Column 1

Provisions of the Act

Column 2

Subject Matter

Column 3

Purpose
Section 1(1)Medical reviewersOnly for the purpose of allowing medical reviewers to exercise functions under sections 20 and 21 of the Act.
Section 1(2)Medical reviewersOnly for the purpose of allowing senior medical reviewers to exercise functions under sections 20 and 21 of the Act.
Section 1(3) and schedule 1Medical reviewers
Section 20Training and information functions
Section 21Duty to co-operateOnly for the purposes of section 20 of the Act.
Section 22GuidanceOnly for the purposes of section 20 of the Act.
Section 26Certifying medical practitioner to provide additional information
Section 27Still-birth declarations
Section 31Interpretation

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 8th June 2013, sections 1(3), 20, 26, 27 and 31 of, and schedule 1 to, the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) for all purposes, and section 1(1) and (2) for the limited purpose of enabling medical reviewers, and the senior medical reviewer, to exercise functions under sections 20 and 21 of the Act. Sections 21 and 22 are also commenced for the purposes of section 20 only.

The Act received Royal Assent on 20th April 2011. Sections 28, 29 and 32 came into force the following day.