(1)  A medical practitioner's certificate is to be issued by a medical practitioner who –

(a) attended –

(i) the deceased person in the course of that person's final illness or after a fatal accident; or

(ii) the birth of a still-born child; and

(b) is able to certify as to the cause of death of that deceased person.

(2)  A medical practitioner's certificate is to –

(a) be completed in accordance with Form 2 ; and

(b) state if any cardiac pacemaker or radioactive substance has been implanted in the deceased person and, if so, if it has been removed from the body.

(3)  A medical referee who personally investigated the cause of death may issue a medical practitioner's certificate.

(4)  A medical practitioner may not issue a medical practitioner's certificate in respect of the birth of a still-born child if the medical practitioner is a relative of the child.