Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019

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Number 29 of 2019


CORONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019


CONTENTS

1. Definition

2. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act

3. Application of Act to stillbirths

4. Amendment of section 6A of Principal Act

5. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

6. Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act

7. Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act

8. Arrangements for coroner’s district of Dublin

9. Amendment of Principal Act - reporting of deaths

10. General duty to hold inquest

11. Amendment of section 18(1) of Principal Act

12. Purpose of inquest

13. Notice of inquest

14. Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act

15. Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act

16. Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act

17. Identification of body of deceased person

18. Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act

19. Amendment of section 31 of Principal Act

20. Amendment of section 32 of Principal Act

21. Post-mortem examinations and related matters

22. Amendment of section 36 of Principal Act

23. Amendment of section 37 of Principal Act

24. Power with respect to taking of evidence, etc., at inquest

25. Taking of evidence from person about to leave State

26. Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act

27. Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act

28. Amendment of section 46 of Principal Act

30. Entry to premises to inspect, copy, take extracts from or seize documents, etc.

31. Expert advice and assistance for coroners in certain circumstances

32. Supply of forms to coroner

33. Amendment of section 58 of Principal Act

34. Amendment of section 60 of Principal Act

35. Offences by body corporate

36. Directions of High Court

37. Performance of functions by designated officers of Ombudsman Commission under Coroners Act 1962

38. Amendment of Principal Act - Second Schedule specifying reportable deaths

39. Repeals

40. Short title, collective citation and commencement

SCHEDULE

Deaths Reportable to Coroner


Acts Referred to

Child Care Act 1991 (No. 17)

Children Act 2001 (No. 24)

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)

Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3)

Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9)

Coroners Acts 1962 to 2013

Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No. 11)

Defence Act 1954 (No. 18)

Defence Acts 1954 to 2015

Garda Síochána Act 2005 (No. 20)

Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25)

Mental Health Act 2001 (No. 25)

Prisons Act 2007 (No. 10)

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Number 29 of 2019


CORONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019


An Act to amend the Coroners Act 1962 and to provide for related matters.

[23rd July, 2019]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: