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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 21) Order 2023

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2023-09-20

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Made: 20th September 2023

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 182(5) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009[^f00001].

Citation and extent

1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 21) Order 2023.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Commencement of provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

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The following provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 come into force on 1st October 2023—

(a) section 19 (medical examiners: supplementary)[^f00002], and

(b) section 20 (medical certificate of cause of death)[^f00003].

Signed

Markham — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department of Health and Social Care — 20th September 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

This Order commences sections 19 and 20 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) on 1st October 2023.

Section 19 makes provision in relation to the appointment of medical examiners and confers powers on appropriate Ministers to make regulations in relation to medical examiners.

Section 20 confers a power on the Secretary of State to make regulations in relation to the preparation of medical certificates of cause of death.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 c. 25; there are amendments to section 182 which are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00002]: Section 19 was amended by section 54(1) and (2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the 2012 Act”), and by section 169(2) of the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31) (“the 2022 Act”). Section 54 of the 2012 Act was repealed by section 169(6) of the 2022 Act.

[^f00003]: Section 20 was amended by section 54(1) and (3) of the 2012 Act, by section 169(3) of the 2022 Act, and by S.I. 2018/378.

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