Part 1: Main Provisions Section 21: Modifications of requirements regarding medical certificates for cremations: Northern Ireland
This section modifies the Cremation (Belfast) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1961 (the "1961 Regulations") to apply in relation to the death of a person:
To remove the requirement for the completion of Form C (Confirmatory Medical Certificate) from regulation 10.
To make consequential modifications to the powers and duties of the Medical Referee in regulations 12 and 13 of the 1961 Regulations, due to the removal of the requirement to complete Form C. To remove the reference to a person being seen and treated within twenty-eight days by a registered medical practitioner for a natural illness or disease in the case where the matter has been referred to the Coroner.
To remove the requirement in Forms A and B for a registered medical practitioner having to have attended a deceased person during their last illness and within twenty-eight days before death and make consequential modifications to Form B due to the removal of the requirement to complete Form C.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is Northern Ireland only.