# The Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st October 2019.
(2) In these regulations—
“attending practitioner”, in relation to a deceased person, means a registered medical practitioner who attended the deceased person before their death;
“relevant senior coroner”, in relation to a death, means the senior coroner appointed for the coroner area in which the body of the deceased person lies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1112/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/notification-of-deaths-regulations-2019/regulation-1
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