Coroners Act 1962
Service of summons.
F62[36.—A summons requiring the attendance of a person at an inquest as a juror or witness shall be served on the person by a member of the Garda Síochána F63[, or, where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation concerning the death of the person in relation to whose death the inquest is to be held, by a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission,] in one of the following ways:
(a) by delivering it to the person;
(b) by delivering it at the address at which the person ordinarily resides to a person who has attained the age of 16 years and who resides or is employed at that address; or
(c) by sending it by prepaid registered post to the address at which the person ordinarily resides or, in a case where an address for service has been furnished, to that address.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F62
Substituted (21.12.2005) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2005 (33/2005), s. 1(b), commenced on enactment.
F63
Inserted (16.09.2019) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019), s. 22, S.I. No. 448 of 2019.
Modifications (not altering text):
C13
Application of section restricted (22.07.2022) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (19/2022), s. 50(2)-(3), S.I. No. 370 of 2022.
Application of Act of 1962 and Act of 1976
50. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Part is without prejudice to the application of the Act of 1962 to a Stardust inquest.
(2) In the case of a Stardust inquest, the reference to “in accordance with the provisions of this Act” in section 24 of the Act of 1962 shall be read as a reference to “in accordance with the provisions of this Act and Part 8 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022”.
(3) The following provisions of the Act of 1962 shall not apply in respect of a Stardust inquest:
(a) section 36, insofar as that section relates to jurors;
(b) section 37(1);
(c) section 39;
(d) section 40;
(e) section 43;
(f) section 44;
(g) subsections (1) (b) and (2) of section 56, insofar as they relate to jurors;
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