The Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013
PART 1Introduction
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
3Application
PART 2General
4Coroner availability for urgent matters
5Register of reported deaths
6Informing the deceased’s next of kin or personal representative
7Delegation of administrative functions
8Providing information to the registrar of births and deaths
9Interim certificate of fact of death
10Resumption of investigation
PART 3Post-mortem examinations
11Delay in post-mortem examination to be avoided
12Post-mortem examination where homicide offence is suspected
13Notification of post-mortem examination
14Preservation or retention of material from a post-mortem examination
15Further provisions relating to preservation or retention of material from post-mortem examinations
16Post-mortem examination report
17Discontinuance of investigation where cause of death is revealed by post-mortem examination
PART 4Transfer of investigations
18Transfer of investigations
19Costs of a transferred investigation
PART 5Powers in relation to bodies
20Release of bodies
21Burial or cremation order
22Exhumation
PART 6Disclosure and provision of information
23Part 3 of the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 applies to...
24Providing information to a Local Safeguarding Children Board
25Power of the Chief Coroner to require information
26Investigations lasting more than a year
27Retention and release of documents
PART 7Action to prevent other deaths
28Report on action to prevent other deaths
29Response to a report on action to prevent other deaths
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2013 No. 1629

Coroners, England And Wales

The Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43 of the Coroners and Justice Act 20091 and with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice, makes the following Regulations: