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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 20) Order 2019

S.I. 2019/1105 · Made 8 July 2019

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Medical Profession, England And Wales

Coroners, England And Wales

Made 8th July 2019

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 182(4) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 25; there are no relevant amendments to section 182.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement of section 18 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. 20) Order 2019.

2Commencement of section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

Section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009f1 (notification by medical practitioner to senior coroner) comes into force on the day after the date on which this Order is made.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Edward Argar

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

8th July 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).

Section 18 confers a power on the Lord Chancellor to make regulations requiring a registered medical practitioner, in prescribed cases or circumstances, to notify a senior coroner of a death of which the practitioner is aware.