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22 Removal of body for post mortem examination.E+W
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, where by the direction or at the request of a coroner, a post-mortem examination of a body is to be made, the coroner may order the removal of the body to any place which may be provided for the purpose either within his district or within an adjoining district of another coroner.
(2)A coroner shall not order the removal of a body upon which a post-mortem examination is to be made to any place other than a place within his district provided by a local authority except with the consent of the person or authority by whom the place is provided.
(3)The removal of a body in pursuance of an order made by a coroner under this section to any place outside his district shall not affect his powers and duties in relation to the body or the inquest into the death nor shall it confer or impose any rights, powers or duties upon any other coroner.
(4)Where a coroner—
(a)orders under this section the removal of a body to any place outside his district; and
(b)does not authorise the disposal of the body after examination,
he shall order the removal of the body after examination to a place within his district.
(5)The expenses of any removal ordered by a coroner under this section shall be defrayed as part of the expenses incurred by him in the course of his duties.
(6)In this section—
“disposal” has the same meaning as in the 1953 Act;
“local authority” means the council of a [F1district, London borough or Welsh principal area] or the Common Council.
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F1Words in s. 22(6) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 82(6) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
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