Part 2Courts, tribunals and coroners
Chapter 4Coroners
I139Discontinuance of investigation where cause of death becomes clear
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In the heading, for “revealed by post-mortem examination” substitute “becomes clear before inquest”
.
3
In subsection (1), for paragraph (a) substitute—
a
the coroner is satisfied that the cause of death has become clear in the course of the investigation,
aa
an inquest into the death has not yet begun, and
4
In the following provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, for “revealed by post-mortem examination” substitute “becoming clear before inquest”
—
a
in section 2(1), paragraph (ii) of the proviso;
b
in section 16(3), paragraph (ii) of the proviso;
c
in section 17(3), paragraph (ii) of the proviso;
d
section 29(3B).
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In section 273(2)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, for “revealed by post-mortem examination” substitute “becoming clear before inquest”
.
6
In Schedule 21 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (which, among other things, makes amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 that have yet to come into force)—
a
in paragraph 10(5), in the inserted subsection (2)(b), for “revealed by post-mortem examination” substitute “becoming clear before inquest”
;
b
in paragraph 11(2), in the substituted section (A1)(b), for “revealed by post-mortem examination”
substitute “becoming clear before inquest”;
c
in paragraph 16(2), in the substituted paragraph (a), for the words from “there has”
to “the death,” substitute
—
i
there has been no investigation under Part 1 of the 2009 Act into the death, or
ii
such an investigation has been discontinued under section 4 of the 2009 Act (cause of death becoming clear before inquest) other than as mentioned in paragraph (b),