Coroners Act 1962
Office of coroner.
8.—(1) There shall be a coroner for every coroner's district.
F18[(2) Subject to sections 6A and 7, the coroner for a coroner’s district shall be appointed by the local authority in whose area the district is situate.]
F19[(2A) F20[…]]
(3) F21[Subject to sections 6A and 7, the office of coroner shall be an office] to which the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926, applies and that Act shall apply accordingly but with the following modifications:
(a) “the Minister” in the said Act shall, in relation to the office of coroner, mean the Minister for Justice,
(b) subsection (1) of section 5, subsections (1) and (2) of section 7 and section 11 of that Act shall not apply to the office of coroner,
(c) F22[…]
(d) F22[…]
(e) F22[…]
(4) The modifications effected by subsection (3) of this section shall not apply in the case of the appointment of a coroner after the commencement of this Act where the qualifications for the appointment were prescribed before such commencement, and the appointment shall be made as if this Act had not been passed.
(5) The Local Appointments Commissioners shall, before recommending a person for appointment to the office of coroner, satisfy themselves that the person possesses the requisite knowledge and ability for the proper discharge of the duties of that office.
Annotations
Amendments:
F18
Substituted (16.09.2019) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019), s. 5(a), S.I. No. 448 of 2019.
F19
Inserted (2.08.2011) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011), s. 32(c), commenced on enactment.
F20
Deleted (16.09.2019) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019), s. 5(a), S.I. No. 448 of 2019.
F21
Substituted (16.09.2019) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019), s. 5(b), S.I. No. 448 of 2019.
F22
Deleted (6.10.2004) by Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (33/2004), s. 61(1) and sch. 2 part 1, commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C9
Application of subs. (2) continued in certain areas (1.01.1986) by Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985 (County Borough of Galway) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 426 of 1985), art. 10 and schedule, para. 3(b), in effect as per art. 3(b).
10. The provisions contained in the Schedule to this Order shall apply and have effect in relation to the establishment of the County Borough.
SCHEDULE.
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3. ...
(b) The Coroner for the district shall continue to be appointed by the County Council under section 8(2) of the said Act.
C10
Application of Act continued in certain areas (8.05.1985) by Local Government Reorganisation (Supplementary Provisions) (Dublin) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 128 of 1985), reg. 3(e).
3. Notwithstanding the alteration of boundaries affected by section 10 of the Act of 1985— ...
(e) the provisions of section 6(1) and section 8 of the Coroners Act, 1962 (No. 9 of 1962) shall continue to have effect in the added areas and in the excluded areas as respects the appointment of Coroners for the Coroners districts in which those areas were comprised prior to the commencement of section 10 of the Act of 1985,
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Editorial Notes:
E42
Coroner excluded from being a local authority employee for purposes of Local Authority Act 2001, Part 14 Chapter 4 as provided (1.01.2002) by Local Authority Act 2001 (37/2001), s. 157(3)(a), S.I. No. 588 of 2001.
E43
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2) substituted (2.08.2011) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011), s. 32(c), commenced on enactment.