Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 29 of 2019
CORONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019
CONTENTS
1. Definition
2. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act
3. Application of Act to stillbirths
4. Amendment of section 6A of Principal Act
5. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act
6. Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act
7. Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act
8. Arrangements for coroner’s district of Dublin
9. Amendment of Principal Act - reporting of deaths
10. General duty to hold inquest
11. Amendment of section 18(1) of Principal Act
12. Purpose of inquest
13. Notice of inquest
14. Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act
15. Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act
16. Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act
17. Identification of body of deceased person
18. Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act
19. Amendment of section 31 of Principal Act
20. Amendment of section 32 of Principal Act
21. Post-mortem examinations and related matters
22. Amendment of section 36 of Principal Act
23. Amendment of section 37 of Principal Act
24. Power with respect to taking of evidence, etc., at inquest
25. Taking of evidence from person about to leave State
26. Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act
27. Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act
28. Amendment of section 46 of Principal Act
30. Entry to premises to inspect, copy, take extracts from or seize documents, etc.
31. Expert advice and assistance for coroners in certain circumstances
32. Supply of forms to coroner
33. Amendment of section 58 of Principal Act
34. Amendment of section 60 of Principal Act
35. Offences by body corporate
36. Directions of High Court
37. Performance of functions by designated officers of Ombudsman Commission under Coroners Act 1962
38. Amendment of Principal Act - Second Schedule specifying reportable deaths
39. Repeals
40. Short title, collective citation and commencement
SCHEDULE
Deaths Reportable to Coroner
Acts Referred to
Child Care Act 1991 (No. 17)
Children Act 2001 (No. 24)
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)
Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3)
Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9)
Coroners Acts 1962 to 2013
Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No. 11)
Defence Act 1954 (No. 18)
Defence Acts 1954 to 2015
Garda Síochána Act 2005 (No. 20)
Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25)
Mental Health Act 2001 (No. 25)
Prisons Act 2007 (No. 10)
An Act to amend the Coroners Act 1962 and to provide for related matters.
[23rd July, 2019]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
