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Coronavirus (COVID-19): local death management - statutory guidance for local authorities
Statutory guidance relating to Schedule 28 of the Coronavirus Act (2020) which introduced new powers for local authorities and government to support the resilience of local death management systems, and step in if they become overwhelmed.
39 page PDF
1.1 MB
39 page PDF
1.1 MB
Addenda
An addenda was published on 20th May 2020 as a result of inclusion of an additional proforma: “Template for using the information-sharing powers (Part1)”, now included as Annex B, page 28. Reference to this has been added to the body of the text (pages 7 and 9). The previous Annexes B and C have been renamed C and D, respectively.
The HTML and PDF have been updated to reflect these changes.