20 Medical certificate of cause of death
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (2009 c 25) | Legislation

20  Medical certificate of cause of death

(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations make the following provision in relation to a death that is required to be registered under Part 2 of the 1953 Act—

(a)     provision requiring a registered medical practitioner who attended the deceased before his or her death (an “attending practitioner”)—

(i)     to prepare a certificate stating the cause of death to the best of the practitioner's knowledge and belief (an “attending practitioner's certificate”), or

(ii)     where the practitioner is unable to establish the cause of death, to refer the case to a senior coroner;

(b)     provision requiring a copy of an attending practitioner's certificate to be given to a medical examiner;

(c)     provision allowing an attending practitioner, if invited to do so by the medical examiner or a registrar, to issue a fresh attending practitioner's certificate superseding the existing one;

(d)     provision requiring a senior coroner to refer a case to a medical examiner;

(e)     provision requiring a medical examiner to make whatever enquiries appear to be necessary in order to confirm or establish the cause of death;

(f)     provision requiring a medical examiner to whom a copy of an attending practitioner's certificate

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