C26

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 (5/2024), s. 60, not commenced as of date of revision, subject to transitional provisions in s. 39.

F84[33H.—(1) Where a coroner is notified or otherwise becomes aware that a designated person is not available or not otherwise in a position to receive or act in accordance with an authorisation for the final management of material removed from the body of a deceased person, the coroner shall—

(a) seek or confirm the authorisation of the family member in respect of the final management of certain material removed from the body of the deceased person, the subject of the authorisation, and

(b) direct the final management of the material in accordance with the authorisation received.

(2) When the coroner has completed the matters referred to in subsection (1), he or she shall endeavour in so far as is practicable to make this information available to the family member of the deceased should it be so requested.]