Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019
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Amendment of section 37 of Principal Act | ||
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23. Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “without reasonable excuse” after “fails”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “without reasonable excuse” after “fails”, and | ||
(c) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2): | ||
“(2A) Where a person who, having been duly served with a summons requiring him or her to attend an inquest as a witness, fails without reasonable excuse to attend on the date and at the time and place specified in the summons, the High Court may, on application to it in that behalf by a coroner— | ||
(a) order the person to comply with the summons, and | ||
(b) make such other order (including an order as to costs), if any, as it considers necessary and just to enable the order made under paragraph (a) to have full effect. | ||
(2B) The amendment of this section (other than this subsection) effected by section 23 of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 shall not apply if the date specified in the summons concerned falls before the coming into operation of that section.”. |