UK Statutory Instrument SI 2024/492 United Kingdom

The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person2 Employer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Attending practitioner’s certificate Regulated
  • Review records and issue certificate or refer to coroner within a reasonable timeAny Person
s.004 Attending practitioner’s referral to the relevant senior coroner Regulated
  • Confirm oral referral to coroner in writingEmployer
s.010 Medical examiner’s referral to the relevant senior coroner Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Medical examiner must refer death to senior coroner in certain circumstancesLocal authority
s.013 Revised attending practitioner’s certificate Regulated
  • Review death records and revise death certificate if needed when asked by a medical examinerAny Person
23 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement, extent and application
s.002 Interpretation
s.005 Duties of medical examiner after receiving attending practitioner’s certificate
s.006 Medical examiner’s scrutiny of cause of death
s.007 Relevant attending practitioner’s duty to respond to medical examiner enquiries
s.008 Medical examiner’s duty to discuss the cause of death
s.009 Medical examiner’s confirmation of cause of death
s.011 Confirmed attending practitioner’s certificate to be given to registrar
s.012 Invitation to attending practitioner to issue a revised attending practitioner’s certificate
s.014 Attending practitioner’s availability to fulfil duties
s.015 Relevant senior coroner referral to a medical examiner
s.016 Duties of medical examiner after receiving referral from relevant senior coroner
s.017 Referral by relevant senior coroner: medical examiner’s duties
s.018 Medical examiner’s duty to discuss the cause of death
s.019 Preparation of medical examiner’s certificate
s.020 Medical examiner’s referral back to the relevant senior coroner
s.021 Medical examiner’s certificate to be given to a registrar
s.022 Registrar’s invitation to medical examiner to issue a revised medical examiner’s certificate
s.023 Revised medical examiner’s certificate
s.024 Manner of providing documents
s.025 Availability of certificates and forms
s.025 Supply of information
s.026 Transitional provision

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