# The Medical Examiners (Wales) Regulations 2024, 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;
“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—
(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 section 20(1) Regulations;
“registered medical practitioner” (“ymarferydd meddygol cofrestredig”) means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 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 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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/505/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medical-examiners-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-2
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