Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 20) Order 2019.

Commencement of section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

2.  Section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009(2) (notification by medical practitioner to senior coroner) comes into force on the day after the date on which this Order is made.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).

Section 18 confers a power on the Lord Chancellor to make regulations requiring a registered medical practitioner, in prescribed cases or circumstances, to notify a senior coroner of a death of which the practitioner is aware.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order: