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CORONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 33

Assistance at post-mortems etc

    (1)     This section applies if a coroner—

        (a)     authorises an ancillary examination; or

        (b)     makes an order for a post-mortem examination, reinterment or analysis of ashes; or

        (c)     issues a warrant for an exhumation of a body or the recovery of the ashes of a deceased.

    (2)     The coroner may authorise a person, in writing, to assist in the ancillary or post-mortem examination, reinterment, exhumation, analysis or recovery.

    (3)     A doctor who is authorised to conduct the ancillary examination or ordered to conduct the post-mortem examination, may authorise a person, in writing, to assist with the examination.



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