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| Schedule 4, page 129, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Where the senior coroner considers that a report under this paragraph is likely to |
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| | result from the inquest, the family of the deceased shall be entitled to legal |
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| | representation funded by the Legal Services Commission.’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 129, line 30, at end add— |
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| | ‘(3) | The senior coroner may then request the relevant person to submit, within 3 |
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| | months, a full update on any action he has taken, or alternatively detail the |
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| | reasons for any failure to take action. |
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| | (4) | The senior coroner must at the end of each year forward all reports and updates |
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| | to the Chief Coroner, who must present them to Parliament.’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 129, line 30, at end add— |
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| | ‘(3) | The Chief Coroner shall once a year make a report to the Lord Chancellor of the |
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| | reports and recommendations made by senior coroners in the previous 12 |
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| Schedule 4, page 129, line 30, at end add— |
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| | ‘7 (1) | A person who fails to comply with the duty in paragraph 6(2) commits an |
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| | (2) | A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary |
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| | conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. |
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| | 8 (1) | A senior coroner shall send to the Chief Coroner a copy of all— |
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| | (i) | reports referred to in paragraph 6(1); and |
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| | (ii) | responses referred to in paragraph 6(2). |
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| | (2) | The Chief Coroner shall maintain a register of all the material he receives |
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| | pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) and shall from time to time publish a summary |
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| | (i) | the reports and responses referred to in sub-paragraph (1) subject to |
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| | appropriate protection of confidential data; and |
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| | (ii) | his analysis of the conclusions to be drawn from them with regard to |
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| | reducing the risk of death. |
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| | (3) | The Chief Coroner shall send copies of the reports he publishes pursuant to |
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| Schedule 6, page 132, line 22, leave out ‘(or on behalf of)’ and insert ‘the relevant |
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| local authority, on behalf of’. |
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| Schedule 6, page 132, line 25, leave out ‘(or on behalf of)’ and insert ‘the relevant |
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| local authority, on behalf of’. |
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| Schedule 6, page 133, line 3, leave out ‘(or on behalf of)’ and insert ‘the relevant |
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| local authority, on behalf of’. |
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| Schedule 6, page 133, line 25, leave out from ‘coroners’ to end of line 26. |
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| Schedule 7, page 134, line 17, leave out ‘or as a Deputy Chief Coroner’. |
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| Schedule 7, page 134, line 19, after second ‘judge’, insert ‘or a senior coroner’. |
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| Schedule 7, page 134, line 20, leave out ‘70’ and insert ‘72’. |
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| Schedule 7, page 134, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | To be eligible for appointment as a Deputy Chief Coroner a person must be |
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| | (a) | a judge of the High Court or a Circuit Judge or a senior coroner, and |
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| | (b) | under the age of 70.’. |
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| Schedule 7, page 134, line 24, leave out ‘70th’ and insert ‘72nd’. |
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| Clause 28, page 14, line 33, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| Clause 29, page 15, line 18, at end insert ‘and provide a copy of the report to the |
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| Clause 29, page 15, line 39, after ‘coroner,’, insert ‘a copy may be provided to the |
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| Clause 30, page 16, line 13, at end insert ‘(including a decision under section |
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| Clause 30, page 16, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(k) | a decision not to allow legal representation funded by the Legal Services |
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| | Commission to assist anyone falling within section 36(2)(a).’. |
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| Clause 30, page 16, leave out line 26. |
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| Clause 30, page 16, line 46, at end insert ‘, subject to all coroners enjoying |
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| Clause 31, page 17, line 11, after ‘judge’ insert ‘, former judge or former coroner’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Schedule 8, page 135, line 35, leave out sub-paragraph (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | If requested to do so by the Chief Coroner, the Lord Chief Justice may |
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| | nominate a person within sub-paragraph (1A) to conduct an investigation into |
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| | (1A) | A person is within this sub-paragraph if at the time of the nomination he or she |
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| | (a) | a judge of the High Court, |
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| | (c) | a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of |
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| | the High Court (but no longer does so), |
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| | | and is under the age of 75. |
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| | (1B) | The Chief Coroner may request a person who at the time of the request— |
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| | (a) | has held office as a senior coroner (but no longer does so), and |
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| | (b) | is under the age of 75, |
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| | | to conduct an investigation into a person’s death.’. |
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| ‘If a person nominated or requested under this paragraph agrees to conduct the |
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| | (a) | that person is under a duty to do so; |
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| Schedule 8, page 136, line 9, leave out ‘judge nominated under this paragraph’ and |
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| investigation and has agreed to do so’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 136, line 15, leave out ‘a person who is not a senior coroner’ and |
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| insert ‘the Chief Coroner or some other person who is a judge of the High Court or a |
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| Circuit judge, or by a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of |
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| Schedule 8, page 136, line 21, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | where the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is— |
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| | (i) | a judge of the High Court, or |
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| | (ii) | a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal |
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| | | a judge of the Court of Appeal; |
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| | (b) | otherwise, a judge of the High Court.’. |
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| | Schedule, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clauses 32 and 33 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 34, page 19, leave out lines 10 to 12. |
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| Page 20, line 9, leave out Clause 35. |
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| Clause 36, page 20, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | a legal professional, if one has been appointed for the purposes of |
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| Clause 37, page 22, line 37, at end insert ‘“post mortem examination” includes |
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| both invasive and non-invasive examination;’. |
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| Clause 38, page 23, line 28, leave out from ‘5’ to end of line 29. |
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| Page 23, line 26, leave out Clause 38. |
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