Inquests in England and Wales are held into sudden or unexplained deaths and also into the circumstances of and discovery of a certain class of valuable artefacts known as "treasure trove".In England and Wales, inquests are the responsibility of a coroner, who operates under the jurisdiction of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.In some circumstances where an inquest cannot view or hear all the . 25. 4. (1) Section 5 (prohibition of activities without consent etc) is 50.In section 43 (preservation for transplantation), after subsection (5) insert 51.In Schedule 14 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (the 52.In Schedule 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (determination Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12). How to challenge a coroners decision or the outcome of an inquest 35 Complaints about a coroners conduct 36 Complaints about the standard of service received 37 Complaints about a pathologist who conducts the post-mortem examination 38 Section 6 Monitoring the service standards contained in this Charter 38 Monitoring service standards 38 Section 4: Discontinuance where cause of death revealed by post-mortem examination.
[PDF] Coroners and Justice Act 2009 | Semantic Scholar This date is our basedate. The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 provides for the creation of a new Chief Coroner post to lead the jurisdiction and for local medical examiners to oversee a new death certification scheme applicable equally to burial and cremation cases. 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Treasure Act 1996, Chapter 5 Further provision to do with investigations and deaths, 35.Chief Coroner and Deputy Chief Coroners, 36.Reports and advice to the Lord Chancellor from the Chief Coroner, 38.Medical Adviser and Deputy Medical Advisers to the Chief Coroner, 41.Investigation by Chief Coroner or Coroner for Treasure or by judge, former judge or former coroner, 46.Abolition of the office of coroner of the Queen's household, 49.Amendments to the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, 50.Amendments to the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, 51.Public funding for advocacy at certain inquests, Chapter 1 Murder, infanticide and suicide, Partial defence to murder: diminished responsibility, 52.Persons suffering from diminished responsibility (England and Wales), 53.Persons suffering from diminished responsibility (Northern Ireland), Partial defence to murder: loss of control, 54.Partial defence to murder: loss of control, 56.Abolition of common law defence of provocation, 59.Encouraging or assisting suicide (England and Wales), 60.Encouraging or assisting suicide (Northern Ireland), 61.Encouraging or assisting suicide: information society services, 62.Possession of prohibited images of children, 68.Special rules relating to providers of information society services, 69.Indecent pseudo-photographs of children: marriage etc, 70.Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, 71.Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, 73.Abolition of common law libel offences etc, Part 3 Criminal evidence, investigations and procedure, 92.Discharge or variation after proceedings, 93.Discharge or variation by appeal court, The Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008, 96.Power to make orders under the 2008 Act, Chapter 3 Vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, Special measures for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, 98.Eligibility for special measures: age of child witnesses, 99.Eligibility for special measures: offences involving weapons, 100.Special measures directions for child witnesses, 101.Special provisions relating to sexual offences, 102.Evidence by live link: presence of supporter, 103.Video recorded evidence in chief: supplementary testimony, 104.Examination of accused through intermediary, Witnesses protected from cross-examination by accused in person, 106.Directions to attend through live link, 108.Searches of persons answering to live link bail, 109.Use of live link in certain enforcement hearings, 110.Direction of registrar for appeal hearing by live link, 111.Effect of admission of video recording, 112.Admissibility of evidence of previous complaints, 113.Powers in respect of offenders who assist investigations and prosecutions, 114.Bail: risk of committing an offence causing injury, 115.Bail decisions in murder cases to be made by Crown Court judge, 117.Detention of persons under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000, Chapter 1 Sentencing Council for England and Wales, 118.Sentencing Council for England and Wales, 123.Preparation or revision of guidelines in urgent cases, 124.Proposals by Lord Chancellor or Court of Appeal, 130.Resources: effect of sentencing practice, 131.Resources: effect of factors not related to sentencing, 132.Duty to assess impact of policy and legislative proposals, 134.Entrenchment of Lord Chancellor's functions, 135.Abolition of existing sentencing bodies, Chapter 2 Other provisions relating to sentencing, 137.Extension of driving disqualification, 138.Dangerous offenders: terrorism offences (England and Wales), 139.Dangerous offenders: terrorism offences (Northern Ireland), 140.Appeals against certain confiscation orders (England and Wales), 141.Appeals against certain confiscation orders (Northern Ireland), Part 5 Miscellaneous criminal justice provisions, 142.Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, 143.Implementation of E-Commerce and Services directives: penalties, 144.Treatment of convictions in other member States etc, 145.Transfer to Parole Board of functions under the Criminal Justice Act 1991, 146.Retention of knives surrendered or seized (England and Wales), 147.Retention of knives surrendered or seized (Northern Ireland), Part 6 Legal aid and other payments for legal services, 149.Community Legal Service: pilot schemes, 150.Excluded services: help in connection with business matters, 151.Criminal Defence Service: information requests, 152.Criminal Defence Service: enforcement of order to pay cost of representation, 153.Statutory instruments relating to the Legal Services Commission, 154.Damages-based agreements relating to employment matters, 157.Qualifying offenders: service offences, 166.Effect of conviction being quashed etc, 167.Powers of court on repeat applications, 170.Functions of Serious Organised Crime Agency, 175.Further amendments of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29), 177.Consequential etc amendments and transitional and saving provisions, 180.Effect of amendments to provisions applied for purposes of service law, Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations, Suspension where certain criminal charges may be brought. 2008/1216 (N.I. 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(1) A senior coroner must suspend an investigation under this (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), a senior coroner must suspend (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a senior coroner must suspend (1) This paragraph applies where an investigation is suspended under A senior coroner may suspend an investigation under this Part (1) Where an investigation is suspended under this Schedule, the An investigation that is suspended under paragraph 1 must be (1) An investigation that is suspended under paragraph 2 may (1) Where an investigation is suspended under paragraph 3. (1) Notwithstanding section 97, references in Chapter 2 of Part 21.Notwithstanding section 97, references in Chapter 2 of Part 3 22.If paragraph 70 of Schedule 21 to this Act comes 24.The references in paragraphs 30 and 31 of Schedule 1A 27.Sentencing Council for England and Wales. 4.In section 343(3) (judges) after civil recovery investigation insert 5.In section 344(b) (courts) after civil recovery investigation insert 6.In section 345(2) (production orders), in paragraph (a) after confiscation 7.In section 346 (requirements for making of production order). Act 1974 (c. 37). London, United Kingdom. 65. 2. The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. 2008/1216 (N.I. (1) Section 8 (duty of finder to notify coroner) is 40.After section 8A (inserted by section 30 of this Act) 41.For section 9 substitute Procedure for investigations: England and Wales Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Act 1999 (c. 7). 9. Our recommendations on partial defences have been implemented in large part by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. 9. (1) Section 8 (duty of finder to notify coroner) is 40.After section 8A (inserted by section 30 of this Act) 41.For section 9 substitute Procedure for investigations: England and Wales 43.Northern Ireland (Location of Victims Remains) Act 1999 (c. 7), 44.Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36), 45.International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17). 2. 200 provisions and might take some time to download. No changes have been applied to the text. (1) A senior coroner, or (as the case may be) Part 2 Offences relating to witnesses and evidence. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run. Section 180:Effect of amendments to provisions applied for the purposes of service law. If you have citation software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. 15. 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