The Department for Communities has made a Statutory Rule entitled The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Modifications of Requirements Regarding Medical Certificates for Cremations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022 No. 130). The Rule was made on 21 March 2022 and laid in the Assembly for its approval before the expiration of 40 days from the date of being made.

This Rule extends, to 24 September 2022, the provisions in section 21(1) to (6) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 which modify the Cremation (Belfast) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1961 (S.R. 1961 No. 61) to remove the requirement for the Confirmatory Medical Certificate (Form C) to be completed and also the requirement for a medical practitioner, completing the Certificate of Medical Attendant (Form B) to have attended the deceased, within 28 days, prior to death.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.