Coroners Act, 1962

Preservation of certain documents.

29.—(1) Every deposition or note of the names and addresses of witnesses taken at an inquest, every report of a post-mortem examination made in pursuance of this Act and every record of the verdict returned at an inquest shall be preserved by the coroner.

(2) When a coroner ceases to hold office, all documents preserved by him under this section shall be handed over to the county registrar for the county or county borough in which his district is situate and the county registrar shall preserve the documents.

(3) A coroner shall furnish a copy of any document preserved by him under this section to every applicant therefor and, except where the application is made on behalf of a Minister of State or the Garda Síochána, may charge for a copy such fee as may be prescribed.

(4) A county registrar shall furnish a copy of any document preserved by him under this section to every applicant therefor and, except where the application is made on behalf of a Minister of State or the Garda Síochána, shall charge for a copy such fee as may be prescribed.

(5) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to all fees payable to a county registrar under this section:

(a) they shall be collected and taken in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall from time to time direct and shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the said Minister,

(b) the Public Offices (Fees) Act, 1879, shall not apply in respect of them.