Third Reading
Coroners and Justice Bill
2:00 pm
Lord Colwyn (Conservative)
My Lords, if the noble Baroness speaks to the amendment, she may not then withdraw it. I must call for it to be moved.
Amendments 27 and 28 not moved.
Schedule 5 : Powers of coroners
Amendments 29 and 30
Moved by Lord Tunnicliffe
29: Schedule 5, page 140, line 3, leave out "in writing"
30: Schedule 5, page 140, line 31, at end insert—
"3A (1) The person by whom an authorisation under paragraph 3(1) is given must make a record—
(a) setting out the reasons for the suspicion referred to in paragraph 3(2)(a);
(b) specifying which of the conditions in paragraph 3(3) is met.
(2) Where the authorisation is given by a senior coroner nominated under paragraph 3(1)(b), that coroner must give the record made under this paragraph to the Chief Coroner.
(3) The Chief Coroner must retain a record made this paragraph until the Chief Coroner has given to the Lord Chancellor the report under section 35 for the calendar year in which the authorisation in question was given."
Amendments 29 and 30 agreed.
Schedule 8 : Chief Coroner and Deputy Chief Coroners
Amendment 31
Moved by Lord Tunnicliffe
31: Schedule 8, page 147, line 18, leave out sub-paragraph (2)
Amendment 31 agreed.
Schedule 21 : Minor and consequential amendments
Amendment 32
Moved by Lord Tunnicliffe
32: Schedule 21, page 213, line 14, at end insert—
"After section 33 insert—
"33A Short certificate of death
(1) Any person shall—
(a) on furnishing the prescribed particulars, and
(b) on payment of such fee as may be specified in regulations made by the Minister by statutory instrument,
be entitled to obtain from the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar or a registrar a short certificate of the death of any person.
(2) Any such certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall be compiled in the prescribed manner from the records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General, or from the registers in the custody of the superintendent registrar or registrar, as the case may be, and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.
(3) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.""