Legislation – The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Modifications of Requirements Regarding Medical Certificates for Cremations) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022
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Section 21 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (“the Act”) contains provisions modifying certain requirements regarding medical certificates for cremations.
Section 89(1) provides for the Act to expire at the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which it was passed (25 March 2020). This is subject to limited exceptions, including section 21(7). Section 90 allows expiring provisions to be extended for not more than 6 months from the date they would have otherwise expired.
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Modifications of Requirements Regarding Medical Certificates for Cremations) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022 No. 214) extended the expiry date of section 21(1) to (6) to 24 September 2022.
The Department makes this Order to extend the expiry date of section 21(1), (2), (3), (4)(a), (4)(b)(ii) and (6)(e) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 to 24 March 2023 and to manage the transition from the situation existing before the expiry of section 21(4)(b)(i), (5) and (6)(a) to (d) and that existing after they expire.