Clause 12
Coroners and Justice Bill
12:45 pm
Bridget Prentice (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice; Lewisham East, Labour)
The chief coroner would have to do that only very rarely. After consultation with the chief coroner, the Lord Chief Justice would terminate the nomination of the person previously appointed; someone else would then have to be appointed to carry out the investigation instead. The chief coroner could get a senior coroner from the relevant area or someone from a different geographical area to conduct the investigation, or he could do the investigation himself or ask the Lord Chief Justice to appoint a senior judge to conduct the investigation, but I suggest that it would be a very rare occurrence.