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Coroners and Justice Act 2009Skip to main contentSkip to navigationBack to full viewCoroners and Justice Act 2009Previous: ScheduleNext: ScheduleSection 177Schedule 21E+W+S+N.I.Minor and consequential amendmentsThis schedulenoteType=Explanatory Notes has no associated Part 1 E+W+S+N.I.Coroners etcCremation Act 1902 (c. 8)E+W+S+N.I.1In section 10 of the Cremation Act 1902 (saving for coroners), for “the Coroners Act 1988” substitute “ Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 ”.E+W+S+N.I.Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c. 48)E+W+S+N.I.2The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 is amended as follows.E+W+S+N.I.3In section 4 (prohibition of removal of body out of England without notice), for “the coroner within whose jurisdiction the body is lying” substitute “ the senior coroner in whose area the body is situated, ”.E+W+S+N.I.4In section 5 (burial of still-born children), for the words after “delivered to him” substitute “either— E+W+S+N.I.(a)a certificate given by the registrar under section 11(2) or (3) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, or
Visiting Forces Act 1952 (c. 67)E+W+S+N.I.5(1)Section 7 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (provisions as to coroners' inquests etc) is amended as follows.E+W+S+N.I.(2)For subsection (1) substitute—“(1)Subsections (1A) and (1B) of this section apply if a coroner who has jurisdiction to conduct an investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 into a person's death is satisfied that the deceased person, at the time of the death, had a relevant association with a visiting force.
(1A)If no investigation into the person's death has begun, the coroner shall not begin an investigation unless directed to do so by the Lord Chancellor.
(1B)If an investigation into the person's death has begun but has not been completed, the coroner shall suspend the investigation unless directed not to do so by the Lord Chancellor.”
(3)In subsection (2)—(a)for the words from “the last” to “a death” substitute “ subsections (1) to (1B) of this section, if in the course of an investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 into a person's death ”,(b)for “Secretary of State” substitute “ Lord Chancellor ”,(c)for the words from “adjourn the inquest” to “discharge the jury,” substitute “ suspend the investigation ”, and(d)for “at the inquest” substitute “ in the course of the investigation ”.(4)After subsection (2) insert—“(2A)A coroner who suspends an investigation under this section shall—
(5)For subsection (3) substitute—“(3)Where an investigation is suspended under this section, the coroner shall not resume it except on the direction of the Lord Chancellor.
(6)In subsection (4), for the words from “the Secretary of State” to “to be held” substitute “ the Lord Chancellor under subsection (1A) or (3) of this section, an investigation is required to be conducted ”.(7)In subsection (5), for “section two of the said Act of 1926” substitute “ section 24 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 ”.(8)For subsection (7) substitute—“(7)In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—
(a)in subsection (1), for “a coroner who has jurisdiction to conduct an investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 into a person's death” there is substituted “ a coroner who has jurisdiction under the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 to hold an inquest into a person's death ”;
(b)in subsection (1A), for “no investigation” there is substituted “ no inquest ” and for “an investigation” there is substituted “ an inquest ”;
(c)in subsection (1B), for “an investigation” there is substituted “ an inquest ”, and for “suspend the investigation” there is substituted “ adjourn the inquest ”;
(i)for “in the course of an investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009” there is substituted “ on an inquest ”;
(ii)for “suspend the investigation” there is substituted “ adjourn the inquest ”;
(iii)for “in the course of the investigation” there is substituted “ at the inquest ”;
(e)in subsection (2A), for the words from “suspends an investigation” to the end there is substituted “ adjourns an inquest under this section shall discharge any jury that has been summoned ”;
(f)in subsection (3), for “investigation is suspended” there is substituted “ inquest is adjourned ”;
(h)in subsection (3B), for “A resumed inquest” there is substituted “ An inquest resumed under this section ”;