Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019
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Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act | ||
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7. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “, or by the Minister in the case of a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin,” after “a person approved of for the purpose by the local authority by which the coroner was appointed”, | ||
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1A): | ||
“(1A) A person shall not be appointed as a deputy coroner, without the prior approval of the Minister, for a coroner district other than the coroner’s district of Dublin (in which latter case the approval of the Minister is given under subsection (1)).”, | ||
(c) in subsection (4)(b), by the substitution of “and, except in the case of the coroner’s district of Dublin, shall be paid by the local authority” for “and shall be paid by the local authority”, | ||
(d) in subsection (5)(a), by the substitution of “for the purposes of this Act except sections 6A(5) (insofar as it relates to the office of coroner) and 9” for “for the purposes of this Act except section 9”, and | ||
(e) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (9): | ||
“(9) Every deputy coroner appointed after the commencement of section 7 of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 shall, unless he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed from office or his or her appointment as deputy coroner is revoked under subsection (2), hold office until he or she attains the age of 72 years. | ||
(10) Where a deputy coroner intends to resign or before vacating office on attaining the age of 72 years, he or she shall give notice of not less than 3 months of such intention to resign or vacation of office to the coroner for the coroner’s district concerned and to the Minister.”. |