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Introductory Text
Inquiries into certain deaths
1.Inquiries under this Act
Inquiries into deaths occurring in Scotland
2.Mandatory inquiries
3.Mandatory inquiries: exceptions
4.Discretionary inquiries
5.Certain deaths and accidents to be treated as occurring in Scotland
Inquiries into deaths occurring abroad
6.Inquiries into deaths occurring abroad: general
7.Inquiries into deaths occurring abroad: service personnel
Family liaison charter
8.Family liaison charter
Reasons where inquiry not held
9.Reasons for decision not to hold an inquiry
Procurator fiscal’s investigation
10.Citation of witnesses for precognition
Participants
11.Persons who may participate in the inquiry
Location
12.Places at which inquiries may be held
13.Jurisdiction in relation to inquiries
Inquiries into multiple deaths
14.Inquiry into more than one death
Pre-inquiry procedure
15.Initiating the inquiry
16.Preliminary hearings
17.Notice of the inquiry
18.Agreement of facts before an inquiry
The inquiry
19.The powers of the sheriff
20.Evidence and witnesses
21.Inquiry to be conducted in public
22.Publishing restrictions in relation to children
23.Offences by bodies corporate etc.
24.Assessors
25.Expenses
Findings and recommendations
26.The sheriff’s determination
27.Dissemination of the sheriff’s determination
28.Compliance with sheriff’s recommendations
29.Reports
Further inquiry proceedings
30.Circumstances in which there may be further proceedings
31.Precognition of witnesses
32.Initiating further proceedings
33.Re-opened inquiries
34.Fresh inquiries
35.Further inquiry proceedings: compliance with recommendations
Inquiry procedure rules
36.Power to regulate procedure etc.
Specialist sheriffs and summary sheriffs
37.Judicial specialisation in inquiries
38.Summary sheriff: competence to conduct inquiries
General
39.Repeal and modification of enactments
40.Interpretation
41.Ancillary provision
42.Commencement
43.Short title
SCHEDULE 1
PROCEDURE RULES
1.Role of the Scottish Civil Justice Council
SCHEDULE 2
MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS
1.Gas Act 1965
2.Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
3.Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982
4.Anatomy Act 1984
5.Merchant Shipping Act 1995
6.Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995
7.Petroleum Act 1998
8.Freedom of Information Act 2000
9.Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002
10.Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
11.Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006
12.Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006
13.Armed Forces Act 2006
14.Coroners and Justice Act 2009
15.Energy Act 2013
16.Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014