Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019

Amendment of section 58 of Principal Act

33. Section 58 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “the Minister, if the matter relates to the coroner’s district of Dublin or” after “certificate for the payment by”,

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) Every person to whom a certificate has been issued under this section may present the certificate to—

(a) the Minister, if the matter relates to the coroner's district of Dublin, or

(b) the local authority specified in the certificate in any other case,

and, thereupon, the Minister or the local authority, as the case may be, shall pay the sum mentioned in the certificate to the person.”,

and

(c) in subsection (3), by the insertion of “(other than a certificate relating to a matter concerning the coroner's district of Dublin)” after “local authority to be specified in a certificate issued under this section”.