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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2018

S.I. 2018/727 · Made 14 June 2018

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Coroners, England And Wales

Made 14th June 2018

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 182(5) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c.25.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement of provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2018.

2Commencement of provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

Section 21 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (National Medical Examiner) comes into force on 18th June 2018.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

O’Shaughnessy

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

14th June 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order commences section 21 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c.25) (“the Act”). It is the eighteenth Commencement Order to be made under the Act.

Section 21 of the Act permits the Secretary of State to appoint a person as National Medical Examiner. The main function of the person so appointed (“the National Medical Examiner”) is to issue guidance to medical examiners appointed under section 19 of the Act (medical examiners). Medical examiners are required, under paragraph (9) of section 21, to have regard to such guidance when carrying out their functions. In addition, section 21 permits the Secretary of State to make regulations that confer additional functions on the National Medical Examiner. Section 21 requires the Secretary of State to consult Welsh Ministers before appointing a person as the National Medical Examiner or making regulations to confer additional functions. Section 21 also includes provisions as to the conditions of appointment, terms of appointment and payment of the National Medical Examiner, as well as provisions in relation to the issuing, amending and revoking of guidance.