Coronavirus Act is now law

Published 26 March 2020. This may have been superseded, so check for later updates.

For information, the following link is an extremely useful set of explanatory notes on the effect of the new Act.

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/58-01/110/5801110en02.htm

There is also a useful further commentary, this time specifically on managing the deceased.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8860/

Further GPC guidance will be forthcoming as soon as available.