Introductory Text
Coroners
1.Appointment of coroners
2.Qualifications for appointment as coroner
3.Terms on which coroners hold office
4.Coroners' districts
5.Jurisdiction of coroners
Deputy coroners
6.Appointment of deputy coroners
7.Functions of deputy coroners
Inquests: general
8.Duty to hold inquest
9.Qualifications of jurors
10.Attendance of jurors and witnesses
11.Proceedings at inquest
12.Failure of jury to agree
Inquests: special cases
13.Order to hold inquest
14.Inquest out of jurisdiction
15.Inquest where body destroyed or irrecoverable
16.Adjournment of inquest in certain cases
17.Provisions supplementary to section 16
18.Inquests into road deaths in London
Medical witnesses and post-mortem examinations etc.
19.Post-mortem examination without inquest
20.Request to specially qualified person to make post-mortem and special examinations
21.Summoning of medical witnesses and direction of post-mortem examinations
22.Removal of body for post mortem examination
23.Exhumation of body for examination
Expenses and returns of inquests
24.Fees and allowances payable on holding inquest
25.Payments to jurors
26.Payment of expenses by coroner
27.Accounts to be laid before relevant council
28.Annual returns to be made to Secretary of State
Miscellaneous
29.Coroner of the Queen’s household
30.Treasure trove
31.Provision of accommodation
Supplemental
32.Power to make rules
33.Savings for ex-officio coroners and judicial powers
34.Application of Act to Isles of Scilly
35.Interpretation
36.Consequential amendments, repeals, transitional provisions and savings
37.Short title, commencement and extent
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
SALARIES AND PENSIONS
Coroners' salaries
1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a coroner...
Coroners' pensions
2.(1) On the retirement, after not less than five years'...
Scale of pensions
3.(1) An annual pension not exceeding ten sixtieths of the...
Payment of salaries and pensions
4.The salary of a coroner and any pension payable to...
SCHEDULE 2
CORONER OF THE QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD
1.Sections 1 to 5 of this Act (except subsections (4)...
2.Sections 6 and 7 of this Act, so far as...
3.Sections 9 and 32(2) of this Act shall not apply...
4.Section 25 of this Act shall not apply in relation...
5.Subject to the provisions of this Schedule and section 29...
SCHEDULE 3
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
The City of London Municipal Elections Act 1849 (c.xciv)
1.Immediately before section 9 of the City of London Municipal...
The Cremation Act 1902 (c. 8)
2.In section 10 of the Cremation Act 1902, for the...
The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20)
3.In section 22(3) of the 1953 Act, for the words...
4.(1) Subsection (1) of section 23 of the 1953 Act...
5.In section 29(4)(b) of that Act, for the words “section...
The Army Act 1955 (c. 18)
6.In section 128(2) of the Army Act 1955, for the...
7.In section 214(4) of that Act, for the words “the...
8.In section 215(5) of that Act, for the words “the...
The Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)
9.In section 128(2) of the Air Force Act 1955, for...
10.In section 212(5) of that Act, for the words “the...
11.In section 213(5) of that Act, for the words “the...
The Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)
12.In section 82(1) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, for...
13.In section 123(5) of that Act, for the words “the...
The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80)
14.Section 49 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 shall be...
The Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56)
15.In paragraph 61 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Increase)...
The Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)
16.(1) In subsection (2) of section 19 of the Juries...
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
17.At the end of Schedule 6A to the Magistrates' Courts...
The Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)
18.In section 60(4) of the Local Government Act 1985, for...
SCHEDULE 4
REPEALS