Part 2Deaths to be reported and post-mortems
Release of bodies, and retention and return of body parts and bodily samples
43Restriction on release if no post-mortem directed
A coroner who decides not to direct a pathologist to perform a post-mortem of a body under section 31 must not authorise its release under section 42 earlier than 24 hours after notifying a constable of the decision.
Subsection (1) does not apply if a constable of the level of position of senior sergeant or above agrees to the coroner authorising the release of the body within the 24-hour period referred to in that subsection.
Compare
- 1988 No 111 s 13(3)
Notes
- Section 43(1): amended, on , by section 29 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).
- Section 43(2): amended, on , by section 29 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).
- Section 43(2): amended, on , by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).