Coroners Act 1962

F88[Authority to monitor compliance with relevant sections – authorised persons etc.

33L

33L. ...]

Annotations

Amendments:

F88

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.

Modifications (not altering text):

C30

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.

F88[33L.(1) The Authority shall, pursuant to section 8(1)(p) of the Health Act 2007, monitor compliance with the relevant sections and any regulations made by the Minister under section 33I.

(2) An authorised person appointed under section 70 of the Health Act 2007 shall be deemed to be an authorised person for the purposes of this section.

(3) A relevant facility shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of section 33K and, in any event, not later than 12 weeks after such commencement, notify the Authority in writing of the following, namely:

(a) the name and particulars of the nominated person nominated in that behalf pursuant to section 33K;

(b) the name and address of the premises at which the post-mortem examinations take place or are intended to take place;

(c) the post-mortem examinations which take place or are intended to take place on the premises.

(4) Where a relevant facility changes in a material way any of the matters notified under subsection (3), the relevant facility shall as soon as possible and, in any event, not later than 28 days after the material changes, inform the Authority in writing and provide it with details of the changes.

(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), the Authority may require the coroner or relevant facility at which post-mortem examinations take place or will take place to provide it within such reasonable period as the Authority may require with any information or statistics the Authority requires in order to determine the level of compliance by the relevant facility with regulations under section 33I.

(6) Where a person receives a request under subsection (5) from the Authority, he or she shall comply with such request.]