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(This note is not part of the Rules)

By virtue of rule 4(2)(c) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry Procedure (Scotland) Rules 1977, intimation of inquiries under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 into deaths, or accidents from which deaths have resulted, occurring in certain specified circumstances, has to be made to the Secretary of State for Energy. These Amendment Rules provide instead that intimation is to be made to the Secretary of State for Employment.