Regulation 2 Duty to notify a relevant senior coroner of a deathI1

England and Wales

(1)

A registered medical practitioner must notify the relevant senior coroner of a person's death if—

(a)

the registered medical practitioner comes to know of the death on or after the coming into force of these Regulations; and

(b)

at least one of the circumstances described in regulation 3(1) applies.

F1(2)

But the duty in paragraph (1) does not apply if the registered medical practitioner reasonably believes that—

(a)

the relevant senior coroner has already been notified of the death under these Regulations; or

(b)

a referral has been made to the relevant senior coroner under regulation 3(1)(b)(ii) or 10(1) of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 2(2) substituted (9.9.2024) by The Cremation, Coroners and Notification of Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/668), regs. 1(1), 4(3) (with reg. 5)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in force at 1.10.2019, see reg. 1(1)