Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;

• “appointing body”, in relation to a medical examiner, means the English NHS body which appointed the medical examiner under section 18A of the Act;

• “attending practitioner” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024^f1;

• “English NHS body” has the meaning set out in section 18A(4) of the Act (Medical Examiners: England)^f2;

• “National Medical Examiner” means the person appointed under section 21(1) of the Act;

• “other relevant medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner^f3 who, in relation to a death, is not a relevant attending practitioner, but has—

  1. (a)

     made a notification or referral to a senior coroner under any enactment;

  2. (b)

     sought advice from a medical examiner; or

  3. (c)

     sought to fulfil any function under the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024;

• “relevant attending practitioner” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024;

• “relevant function” means a function^f4 of a medical examiner under regulation 7 or the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024.