|
|
|
Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act
|
| |
16. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—
|
|
| |
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
|
|
| |
“(1) Where, at an inquest in relation to a death—
|
|
| |
(a) a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector in any case other than a case to which paragraph (c) applies,
|
|
| |
(b) a member of the Defence Forces not below the rank of commandant in a case of the death of a person who is subject to military law under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015, or
|
|
| |
(c) a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission in a case where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation,
|
|
| |
requests the coroner to adjourn the inquest on the ground that criminal proceedings in relation to the death are being considered, the coroner—
|
|
| |
(i) shall adjourn the inquest for such period as he or she thinks proper, and
|
|
| |
(ii) shall further adjourn the inquest for similar periods so often as a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector, a member of the Defence Forces not below the rank of commandant or a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission, as the case may be, so requests the coroner on the ground aforesaid so to do.”,
|
|
| |
and
|
|
| |
(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Where, at an inquest in relation to a death—
|
|
| |
(a) a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector in any case other than a case to which paragraph (c) applies,
|
|
| |
(b) a member of the Defence Forces not below the rank of commandant in a case of the death of a person who is subject to military law under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015, or
|
|
| |
(c) a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission in a case where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation,
|
|
| |
requests the coroner to adjourn the inquest” for “Where, at an inquest in relation to any death, a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector requests the coroner to adjourn the inquest”.
|
