Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 49 of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

11. (1) The Act of 2022 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 49:

“49. (1) In this Part, a reference to the ‘coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin’ means a person designated by the Minister for the purposes of this Part from among the following—

(a) a person appointed to be a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin under section 6A of the Act of 1962,

(b) a person assigned to act temporarily as a coroner in the coroner’s district of Dublin under section 11A of the Act of 1962, or

(c) a person assigned or appointed to act as a temporary coroner (within the meaning of section 11B of the Act of 1962) in the coroner’s district of Dublin.

(2) The Minister may revoke a designation under subsection (1).”.

(2) A person who, immediately before the coming into operation of subsection (1), is acting as the coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin under section 49 of the Act of 2022 shall, on and after such coming into operation, be taken to be a person designated by the Minister under subsection (1) of that section.