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Coroners Act 2006

Deaths to be reported and post-mortems - Release of bodies, and retention and return of body parts and bodily samples

49: Coroner's authorisation under section 48(2)(b)

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A coroner can let someone keep a body part or sample under section 48(2)(b) of the Coroners Act 2006. You need to get this in writing, signed by the coroner. The pathologist must first tell the coroner in writing what they want to keep and why.

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49Coroner's authorisation under section 48(2)(b)

  1. A coroner may authorise the retention of a body part or bodily sample under section 48(2)(b) only in writing signed by the coroner, and only if the pathologist has first notified the coroner in writing of—

  2. the part or sample proposed to be retained; and
    1. the reasons for, and likely duration of, the proposed retention.