Coroners Act, 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations, 1962.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 92/1962

S.I. No. 92 of 1962.

CORONERS ACT, 1962 (FEES AND EXPENSES) REGULATIONS, 1962.

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 3 of the Coroners Act, 1962 (No. 9 of 1962), after, in relation to the fees and expenses to be prescribed under section 57 of that Act, consultation with the Minister for Local Government, hereby make the following regulations : 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Coroners Act, 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations, 1962. 2. In these Regulations " the Act " means the Coroners Act, 1962 (No. 9 of 1962). 3. The fee to be paid to a coroner who holds an inquest by virtue of section 20 of the Act or to a coroner, other than the coroner who would ordinarily hold the inquest, who holds an inquest by virtue of section 24 of the Act shall be three pounds and three shillings. 4.—(1) The fee chargeable by a coroner or a county registrar for furnishing a copy of any document to an applicant under section 29 of the Act shall be—

(a) in the case of a coroner, ten shillings and six pence for each document, subject to a maximum charge of three pounds and three shillings in respect of all documents furnished relating to any one inquest ; and

(b) in the case of a county registrar, the fee payable in respect of documents supplied by Circuit Court Offices (referred to at No. 8 of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Circuit Court (Fees) Order, 1956 ( S.I. No. 249 of 1956 ).

(2) The Minister may, in an exceptional case, authorise a coroner to make a maximum charge greater than that chargeable under sub-paragraph (a) of pargaraph (1) of this Regulation. 5. The fees and expenses to be prescribed under section 57 of the Act in respect of post-mortem and special examinations, the attendance of witnesses at inquests and the removal or custody of a body shall be those specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

A

Fees for post-mortem examinations and special examination.

1. For full post-mortem examination under section 19 (1) or section 33 (1) of the Act, £6 6s.

2. For post-mortem examination under those sections consisting of external examination only, £3 3s.

3. For post-mortem examination arranged under section 33 (2) of the Act, £21.

4. For assisting at post-mortem examination—

(i) registered medical practitioner, £3 3s.

(ii) lay person, £1.

5. For special examination arranged under section 33 (2) of the Act, £1 15s. for each hour or part of an hour taken to conduct the examination.

B

(a) Expenses of registered medical practitioners for attendance at inquests (other than a person appointed under section 33 (2) of the Act).

1. Where the inquest is held in the practitioner's home town and he is absent from home for—

(1) not more than two hours, £1 11s. 6d.,

(2) more than two hours but not more than three hours, £2 2s.,

(3) more than three hours, £3 3s.

2. Where...