Coroners Act 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Post-Mortem Examination and Powers of Coroner to Order Burial, Cremation or Exhumation
23. Coroner to report to Public Prosecutor if body is released without inquiry
Feedback & supportIn every case where a body is released by an order of a Coroner under section 22 and no inquiry is held, the Coroner must report the facts to the Public Prosecutor with the Coroner’s reasons for not holding an inquiry.
body
“body” means a dead person, and includes any part of a person (whether or not the identity of the person concerned is known when the part is discovered or is later determined) —(a)without which no person can live; or(b)discovered in such circumstances or such state that it is probable that the person is dead,but does not include a foetus or a stillborn child within the meaning of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021;