The Department for Communities has made a Statutory Rule entitled The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Modifications of Requirements Regarding Medical Certificates for Cremations) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022 No. 228). The Rule was made on 23 September 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 March 2023, the expiry date of section 21(1), (2), (3), (4)(a), (4)(b)(ii) and (6)(e) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and provides for 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. This has the effect of continuing the modification made by that section to the Cremation (Belfast) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1961 (S.R. 1961 No. 61) to remove the need for the Confirmatory Medical Certificate (Form C) to be completed.

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.