Part 1 E+W+N.I.Coroners etc

Chapter 1E+WInvestigations into deaths

Ancillary powers of coroners in relation to deathsE+W

15Power to remove bodyE+W

(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.