Schedules

Schedule 21Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1Coroners etc

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)

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The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is amended as follows.

33

In section 108 (returns of births and deaths in ships etc), in subsection (6)(b), for “is satisfied that an inquest is unnecessary” substitute “ discontinues an investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 or, as the case may be, is satisfied that an inquest under the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 is unnecessary ”.

34

In section 271 (inquiries into deaths of crew members and others), in subsection (6), for “where” to the end substitute“where—

(a)

in England and Wales, an investigation is to be conducted under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;

(b)

in Northern Ireland, an inquest is to be held under the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959;

(c)

in Scotland, an enquiry is to be held under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976.”

35

(1)

Section 273 (transmission of particulars of certain deaths on ships) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (a), for “or a post mortem examination” to the end substitute “ or subsection (2) below applies; and ”.

(3)

At the end of that section (which becomes subsection (1)) insert—

“(2)

This subsection applies where—

(a)

in England and Wales, an investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 into a person's death is discontinued under section 4 of that Act (cause of death revealed by post-mortem examination); or

(b)

in Northern Ireland, a preliminary investigation is made of a dead body as a result of which the coroner is satisfied that an inquest is unnecessary.”