# Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed) 1976 c. 14 · enacted 13 April 1976 · revised to 15 June 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/fatal-accidents-and-sudden-deaths-inquiry-scotland-act-1976-repealed/pdf/ukpga_19760014_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Investigation of death and application for public inquiry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A Death of service personnel abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Citation of witnesses for precognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Holding of public inquiry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Conduct of public inquiry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Criminal proceedings and compellability of witnesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Sheriff’s determination etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Application to continental shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Interpretation, transitional, citation, commencement and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS ### The Gas Act 1965 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### The Merchant Shipping Act 1970 ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### The Minerals Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### The Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### The Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 REPEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/14 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fatal-accidents-and-sudden-deaths-inquiry-scotland-act-1976-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.