# The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2015, Article 5: Amendment of Regulation 12


(1) In regulation 12—
(a) for “Medical Referee”, in each place where it appears, substitute “Cremation Authority”;
(b) in sub paragraph (d) of the first paragraph, for “referred to in Regulations 6 and 8 (including the acknowledgement and intimation by a Coroner referred to in Regulation 6(c)(i), (if any)” substitute “specified under section 27A of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965”;
(c) in sub paragraph (d) of the first paragraph omit from “by these Regulations” to the end of that sub paragraph;
(d) in the second paragraph for “, may refuse to grant authority until he has himself examined the body and may in any case” substitute “and may”;
(e) in the third paragraph omit “and in particular if the cause of death assigned in the medical certificate be such as, regard being had to all the circumstances, might be due to poison, violence, to any illegal operation or to privation or neglect, or if there is any reason to suspect that death occurred under an anaesthetic,”.
(2) In Regulation 12, references to “he”, “his” and “himself” shall be construed as references respectively to “it”, “its” and “itself”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/164/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/certification-of-death-scotland-act-2011-consequential-provisions-order-2015/article-5
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