Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationF2I1

These Regulations may be cited as the Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st October 2019.

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.