Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024
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Designation of senior coroner | ||
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6. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 11B: | ||
“11C. (1) (a) Subject to sections 5 (3) and 8 (2) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024, where more than one person stands appointed, assigned or acting as, or performing the duties of, a coroner in a coroner’s district other than the coroner’s district of Dublin under this Act, the Minister may designate one of those persons as the senior coroner for that district. | ||
(b) Subject to section 5 (4) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024, where more than one person stands appointed, assigned or is acting as a coroner in the coroner’s district of Dublin under this Act, the Minister may designate one of those persons as the senior coroner for that district. | ||
(2) The Minister shall, before designating a person under subsection (1) to be a senior coroner, satisfy himself or herself that the person possesses the skills necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of senior coroner. | ||
(3) Where, during the illness or absence of a person designated under subsection (1), more than one person, excluding the person who is ill or absent, stands appointed, assigned or is acting as, or performing the duties of, a coroner in the district concerned, the Minister may designate one of those persons to perform the functions of the senior coroner for that district for any period during such illness or absence. | ||
(4) A person designated under subsection (1) or (3) shall order the work of the district concerned. | ||
(5) A designation under subsection (1) or (3) shall not affect the independence of any other coroner, or of any other person exercising the powers and duties of the coroner, for that district, in the performance of his or her functions as such. | ||
(6) Where a person designated under subsection (1) or (3) for a district ceases for any reason to be appointed, assigned or to act as, or to perform the duties of, a coroner in the district concerned, he or she shall cease to be the senior coroner for that district. | ||
(7) The Minister may revoke a designation under this section.”. |