Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019

Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act

26. Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of paragraph (d), and

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “is informed by 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 that he or she will, under subsection (1) or (2) of section 25, request an adjournment of the inquest” for “is informed by a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector that he will request an adjournment of the inquest”.