Part 1Coroners etc
Chapter 1Investigations into deaths
Ancillary powers of coroners in relation to deaths
I115Power to remove body
1
A senior coroner who—
a
is responsible for conducting an investigation under this Part into a person's death, or
b
needs to request a post-mortem examination under section 14 in order to decide whether the death is one into which the coroner has a duty under section 1(1) to conduct an investigation,
may order the body to be removed to any suitable place.
2
That place may be within the coroner's area or elsewhere.
3
The senior coroner may not order the removal of a body under this section to a place provided by a person who has not consented to its being removed there.
This does not apply to a place within the coroner's area that is provided by a district council, a county council, a county borough council, a London borough council or the Common Council.