P ART 2 C ERTIFICATION OF DEATH AND AUTHORISATION OF CREMATION 30 Certification of death 16 Application for review of medical certificate of cause of death (1) The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows. (2) In section 4 (application for review of certificate by interested person)— (a) for subsection (3), substitute— 35 “(3) The medical reviewer may reject an application under subsection (1) if the medical reviewer— (a) considers the application to be vexatious, 12 Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Final provisions (b) considers the application to be identical to, or substantially the same as, an application relating to a medical certificate of cause of death that has been or is being reviewed under section 8(1)(b), or (c) considers it otherwise appropriate to do so.”, 5 (b) after subsection (3), insert— “(3A) Where an application is rejected under subsection (3), the medical reviewer must inform the applicant of the reason for the rejection.”, (c) in subsection (6), paragraphs (b) and (c) are repealed. (3) In section 8 (review of medical certificates of cause of death), in subsection (1), the 10 words “as vexatious” are repealed. 1 Authorisation of cremation 17 Deaths outwith the United Kingdom: authorisation of cremation by medical reviewer (1) The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows. (1A) In section 14 (power to require documents), in subsection (1)(b), for “Scotland” substitute 15 “the United Kingdom”. (2) In section 18 (medical reviewers to authorise cremation or hydrolysis), in subsection (1)(a), for “Scotland” substitute “the United Kingdom”. (3) The italic heading before section 17 becomes “Deaths outwith the United Kingdom”.