Section 279

When a Coroner has reason to believe that a death has occurred within his jurisdiction in such circumstances that an inquiry ought to be held, and that owing to the destruction of the body by fire or otherwise or to the fact that the body is lying in a place from which it cannot be recovered, an inquiry cannot be held except by virtue of this section, he may report the facts to the Public Prosecutor and the Public Prosecutor may, if he considers it desirable to do so, direct that an inquiry shall be held accordingly and the law relating to Coroners and Coroners’ inquiries shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary in consequence of the inquiry being held otherwise than on or after view of a body lying within the Coroner’s jurisdiction.[278