58.—(1) A coroner may, in respect of any matter for which a fee or expenses is or are prescribed under section 57 of this Act, issue his certificate for the payment by F80[the Minister, if the matter relates to the coroner’s district of Dublin or] a specified local authority to the person concerned of a sum not greater than the sum prescribed in that behalf.

F81[(2) Every person to whom a certificate has been issued under this section may present the certificate to—

(a) the Minister, if the matter relates to the coroner's district of Dublin, or

(b) the local authority specified in the certificate in any other case,

and, thereupon, the Minister or the local authority, as the case may be, shall pay the sum mentioned in the certificate to the person.]

(3) The local authority to be specified in a certificate issued under this section F82[(other than a certificate relating to a matter concerning the coroner's district of Dublin)] shall be—

(a) in a case where the certificate is issued after an inquest by a coroner who would not ordinarily hold the inquest, the local authority by whom the coroner who would ordinarily hold the inquest was appointed,

(b) in case the certificate is issued by a deputy coroner acting in place of a coroner, the local authority by whom the coroner was appointed,

(c) in every other case, the local authority by whom the coroner issuing the certificate was appointed.

(4) No certificate for the payment of any fee shall be issued under this section to a registered medical practitioner who is on the staff of a health institution, within the meaning of the Health Act, 1947, or a hospital in connection with an inquest on the body of a person who died in the institution, if it was his duty to attend the person.