Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;

• “appointing body” (“corff penodi”), in relation to a medical examiner, means the Welsh NHS body which appointed the medical examiner under section 18B(1) of the Act^f1;

• “attending practitioner” (“ymarferydd a fu’n gweini”) has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the section 20(1) Regulations;

• “medical examiner” (“archwilydd meddygol”) has the meaning given in section 48(1) of the Act;

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

• “other relevant medical practitioner” (“ymarferydd meddygol perthnasol arall”) means a registered medical practitioner 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 section 20(1) Regulations;

• “registered medical practitioner” (“ymarferydd meddygol cofrestredig”) means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983^f2 who holds a licence to practise under that Act;

• “relevant attending practitioner” (“ymarferydd perthnasol a fu’n gweini”) has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the section 20(1) Regulations;

• “relevant function” (“swyddogaeth berthnasol”) means a function^f3 conferred on medical examiners by regulation 7 of these Regulations or section 20(1) Regulations;

• “section 20(1) Regulations” (“Rheoliadau adran 20(1)”) means the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024^f4;

• “senior coroner” (“uwch-grwner”) has the meaning given in section 48(1) of the Act;

• “Welsh NHS body” (“corff GIG Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 18B(3) of the Act.