Coroners Act, 1962

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CitationIR No. 9/1962


Number 9 of 1962


CORONERS ACT 1962

REVISED

Updated to 22 July 2022


This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Coroners Act 1962. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 (27/2022), enacted 21 July 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Parts 1, 4, 5 and 8) (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 370 of 2022), made 21 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.


Number 9 of 1962


CORONERS ACT 1962

REVISED

Updated to 22 July 2022


Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Coroners Acts 1962 to 2020: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:

Coroners Act 1962 (9/1962)

Coroners (Amendment) Act 2005 (33/2005)

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), s. 24

Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019)

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (13/2020), Part 2

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (19/2022)

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (13/2020)

Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019)

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014)

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013)

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011)

Fines Act 2010 (8/2010)

Chemicals Act 2008 (13/2008)

Coroners (Amendment) Act 2005 (33/2005)

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (10/2005)

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (33/2004)

Civil Registration Act 2004 (3/2004)

Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001)

Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 (31/1993)

Juries Act 1976 (4/1976)

All Acts up to and including Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 (19/2022), enacted 21 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

Rules of the Superior Courts (Coroners) 2020 (S.I. No. 43 of 2020)

European Union (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 136 of 2018)

European Union (Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 233 of 2017)

European Union (Lifts and Safety Components for Lifts) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 232 of 2017)

European Union (Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 230 of 2017)

Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 349 of 2011)

European Communities (Safety of Toys) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 14 of 2011)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 155 of 2009)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 561 of 2008)

European Communities (Machinery) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 407 of 2008)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 240 of 2007)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 122 of 2006)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 196 of 2005)

European Communities (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 476 of 2000)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 429 of 2000)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 151 of 1996)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 19 of 1990)

European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 292 of 1986)

Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985, (County Borough of Galway) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 426 of 1985)

Local Government Reorganisation (Supplementary Provisions) (Dublin) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 128 of 1985)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 196 of 1984)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) (No. 2) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 416 of 1981)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 201 of 1981)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) (No. 2) Regulations 1980 (S.I. No. 381 of 1980)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1980 (S.I. No. 167 of 1980)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) (No. 2) Regulations 1979 (S.I. No. 72 of 1979)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1979 (S.I. No. 11 of 1979)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1977 (S.I. No. 337 of 1977)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) (No. 2) Regulations 1976 (S.I. No. 199 of 1976)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1976 (S.I. No. 88 of 1976)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 256 of 1973)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1970 (S.I. No. 196 of 1970)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 32 of 1965)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 145 of 1963)

Coroners Act, 1962 (Particulars For Registration of Death) Regulations 1962 (S.I. No. 95 of 1962)

Coroners Act, 1962 (Forms) Regulations 1962 (S.I. No. 94 of 1962)

Coroners Act, 1962 (Commencement) Order 1962 (S.I. No. 93 of 1962)

Coroners Act 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations 1962 (S.I. No. 92 of 1962)

All statutory instruments up to and including Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Parts 1, 4, 5 and 8) (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 370 of 2022), made 22 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.


Number 9 of 1962.


CORONERS ACT 1962

REVISED

Updated to 22 July 2022


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS


Acts Referred to

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926

1926, No. 39

Public Offices (Fees) Act, 1879

1879, c. 58

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926

1926, No. 39

Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880

1880, c. 13

Juries Act, 1927

1927, No. 23

Health Act, 1947

1947, No. 28


Number 9 of 1962.


CORONERS ACT 1962

REVISED

Updated to 22 July 2022


AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE LAW RELATING TO CORONERS AND TO CORONERS' INQUESTS. [11th April, 1962.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

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Power of coroner to authorise disposal of bodies in certain circumstances provided (5.12.2005) by Civil Registration Act 2004 (3/2004), s. 44, S.I. No. 764 of 2005.

Power of coroner to authorise disposal of bodies.

44.—(1) A coroner may—

(a) when he or she has held an inquest on a body, but, subject to paragraph (b), in no other circumstances, if he or she thinks fit, by order authorise—

(i) a relative of the deceased person, or any other person, who proposes to cause the body to be disposed of, or

(ii) the undertaker, or any other person, who is in charge of the funeral of the deceased person, to dispose of the body before the registration of the death, and

(b) authorise the disposal of a body, whether it is lying for the time being in or outside his or her district, irrespective of whether he or she has decided that it is, or will become, necessary to hold an inquest on it.

(2) In subsection (1), “disposal”, in relation to a body, means disposal by burial, cremation or any other means and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.

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