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(1)The Chief Coroner may direct a senior coroner to conduct an investigation into a person’s death if—
(a)the deceased is a person within subsection (2) or (3) of section 12,
(b)the Lord Advocate has been notified under subsection (4) or (5) of that section in relation to the death,
(c)the body of the deceased has been brought to Scotland,
(d)no inquiry into the circumstances of the death under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 14) has been held (or any such inquiry that has been started has not been concluded),
(e)the Lord Advocate notifies the Chief Coroner that, in the Lord Advocate’s view, it may be appropriate for an investigation under this Part into the death to be conducted, and
(f)the Chief Coroner has reason to suspect that—
(i)the deceased died a violent or unnatural death,
(ii)the cause of death is unknown, or
(iii)the deceased died while in custody or otherwise in state detention.
(2)The coroner to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) must conduct an investigation into the death as soon as practicable.
This is subject to section 3.
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