Coroners Act 1962
F78[Further post-mortem examination
33C.—Where a post-mortem examination has been directed by a coroner under section 33 or 33A, the coroner may direct the same registered medical practitioner, or another registered medical practitioner, to make a further post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased person concerned if the coroner is of opinion that—
(a) a further post-mortem examination is necessary as further information relating to the death, or the circumstances of the death, becomes known after the first post-mortem examination was made, or
(b) the first post-mortem examination was not made properly.]
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F78
Inserted (16.01.2020) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019), s. 21, S.I. No. 12 of 2020.