Coroners Act 1988
Coroners
1 Appointment of coroners.
2 Qualifications for appointment as coroner.
3 Terms on which coroners hold office.
4 Coroners’ districts.
4A Coroner areas: Wales.
5 Jurisdiction of coroners.
Deputy coroners
6 Appointment of deputy coroners.
7 Functions of deputy coroners.
Inquests: general
8 Duty to hold inquest.
9 Qualifications of jurors.
10 Attendance of jurors and witnesses.
11 Proceedings at inquest.
12 Failure of jury to agree.
Inquests: special cases
13 Order to hold investigation.
14 Inquest out of jurisdiction.
15 Inquest where body destroyed or irrecoverable.
16 Adjournment of inquest in event of criminal proceedings.
17 Provisions supplementary to section 16.
17A Adjournment of inquest in event of judicial inquiry.
18 Inquests into road deaths in London.
Medical witnesses and post-mortem examinations etc.
19 Post-mortem examination without inquest.
20 Request to specially qualified person to make post-mortem and special examinations.
21 Summoning of medical witnesses and direction of post-mortem examinations.
22 Removal of body for post mortem examination.
23 Exhumation of body for examination.
Expenses and returns of inquests
24 Fees and allowances payable on holding inquest.
25 Payments to jurors.
26 Payment of expenses by coroner.
27 Accounts to be laid before relevant council.
27A Indemnity.
28 Annual returns to be made to Secretary of State.
Miscellaneous
29 Coroner of the Queen’s household.
30 Treasure trove.
31 Provision of accommodation.
Supplemental
32 Power to make rules.
33 Savings for ex-officio coroners and judicial powers.
34 Application of Act to Isles of Scilly.
35 Interpretation.
36 Consequential amendments, repeals, transitional provisions and savings.
37 Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 SALARIES AND PENSIONS
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. . . SALARIES AND PENSIONS
SCHEDULE 2 CORONER OF THE QUEEN’S HOUSEHOLD
... CORONER OF THE QUEEN’S HOUSEHOLD
SCHEDULE 3 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
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... CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS

Coroners Act 1988

1988 c. 13

An Act to consolidate the Coroners Acts 1887 to 1980 and certain related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.

C1C2C3I1F1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act wholly in force at 10.7.1988 see s. 37(2)

Amendments (Textual)
F1

Act repealed (12.2.2013 for the repeal of s. 5(2), 25.7.2013 except for the repeal of ss. 4A(8), 13(1)(2)) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(g)(i), Sch. 23 Pt. 1 (with s. 180, Sch. 22 Pt. 1); S.I. 2013/250, art. 2; S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(p) (with art. 3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act amended (24.9.1997) by 1996 c. 24, s. 7(3); S.I. 1997/1977, art. 2

C2

Act restricted (temp. from 19.7.1996 to 31.3.1998) by S.I. 1996/1867, art. 4(2)(d)

C3

By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para. 23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s.70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.