120Coroner may by written notice require person to supply information or documents or other things

1. A coroner who considers it necessary for the purposes of an inquiry the coroner has opened under this Act may, by written notice served on a person, require that person, within a time specified in the notice,—

2. to give the coroner any information or class of information specified in the notice; or
3. to produce to the coroner, or to a person specified in the notice acting on the coroner's behalf in accordance with the notice, any document or class of documents or other thing specified in the notice.

4. The person on whom the notice is served must give or produce a thing (whether the thing is information, a class of information, a document, a class of documents, or any other thing) sought by the notice, except to the extent that the person is excused from doing so by section 121.

5. Information given in response to a notice under subsection (1)(a) must be given in writing and,—

6. if given by a natural person, must be signed by the person; and
7. if given by a body corporate, must be signed by an officer authorised to sign on behalf of the body corporate.

8. This section does not limit or affect a coroner's powers under any other enactment, for example, under section 200 (coroner may call for report on fatal accident) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Compare

• 1986 No 5 s 98
• 1999 No 10 s 7(3)

Notes

• Section 120(4): amended, on 4 April 2016, by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).