Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act

7. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the insertion of “and section 6A(6E)” after “subsection (1A)”, and

(ii) by the deletion of “, or by the Minister in the case of a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin,”,

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1A):

“(1A) A person shall not be appointed as a deputy coroner without the prior approval of the Minister.”,

(c) in subsection (4)(b), by the substitution of “and shall be paid by the local authority” for “and, except in the case of the coroner’s district of Dublin, shall be paid by the local authority”, and

(d) in subsection (5)(a), by the substitution of “for the purposes of this Act except section 9” for “for the purposes of this Act except sections 6A(5) (insofar as it relates to the office of coroner) and 9”.