# The Medical Examiners (England) Regulations 2024, 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;
“English NHS body” has the meaning set out in section 18A(4) of the Act (Medical Examiners: England);
“National Medical Examiner” means the person appointed under section 21(1) of the Act;
“other relevant medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner who, in relation to a death, is not a relevant attending practitioner, but has—
(a) made a notification or referral to a senior coroner under any enactment;
(b) sought advice from a medical examiner; or
(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 of a medical examiner under regulation 7 or the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/493/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medical-examiners-england-regulations-2024/regulation-2
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