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Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 1064
MEDICAL PROFESSION, ENGLAND AND WALES
CORONERS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
24th October 2024
Laid before Parliament
25th October 2024
Coming into force
22nd November 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1)(a) to (k), (m) and (o), and 176(3) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009( 1 ) and section 26(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993( 2 ).
In accordance with section 20(3) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers, the Registrar General and the Statistics Board in relation to the forms prescribed under section 20(1)(m) of that Act.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 22nd November 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendments of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024
2.The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024( 3 ) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
Supply of information
3. After regulation 25 insert—
“ Supply of information
25A. —(1) A supply of information under these Regulations—
(a) does not breach any obligation of confidence owed by the person supplying the information; and
(b) does not operate to require or authorise the disclosure or use of information which would contravene data protection legislation.
(2) In this regulation, “ data protection legislation ” has the same meaning as in section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018. ” ( 4 ).
Amendment to Schedule 3
4. In Schedule 3, for Part 2 (medical examiner’s certificate - live-born child dying within the period of 28 days beginning with the day of the child’s birth; English and Welsh form) substitute the form as set out in Part 1 of the Schedule.
Amendment to Schedule 4
5. In Schedule 4, for Part 2 (medical examiner’s certificate - other cases; English and Welsh form) substitute the form as set out in Part 2 of the Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Merron
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
24th October 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
Regulations 4 and 5
Schedule MEC3 and MEC4
Part 1 English and Welsh form
Part 2 English and Welsh form
1993 c. 38 . See section 27(4) for the meaning of “the appropriate Minister”.
2018 c. 12 , as amended by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. 2019/419 ).