Inquiries into deaths occurring abroad
6Inquiries into deaths occurring abroad: general
1
Subsection (3) applies to the death of a person if—
a
the death occurred outwith the United Kingdom, and
b
at the time of death, the person was ordinarily resident in Scotland.
2
But that subsection does not apply to the death of a person within section 12(2) or (3) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (investigation in Scotland of deaths of service personnel abroad).
3
An inquiry is to be held into a death to which this subsection applies if the Lord Advocate—
a
considers that the death—
i
was sudden, suspicious or unexplained, or
ii
occurred in circumstances giving rise to serious public concern,
b
considers that the circumstances of the death have not been sufficiently established in the course of an investigation in relation to the death,
c
considers that there is a real prospect that those circumstances would be sufficiently established in an inquiry, and
d
decides that it is in the public interest for an inquiry to be held into the circumstances of the death.