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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 provides for the creation of a new Chief Coroner post to lead the jurisdiction and for local medical examiners to oversee a new death certification scheme applicable equally to burial and cremation cases. An Act to amend the law relating to coroners, to investigation of deaths and to certification and registration of deaths; to amend the criminal law; to make provision about criminal justice and about dealing with offenders; to make provision about the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses; to make provision relating to the security of court and other buildings; to make provision about legal . the Coroners and Justice Act 2009(2). 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There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. (1) A person who is a councillor for a local Part 3 Vacancies; functions of area and assistant coroners. The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It changed the law on coroners and criminal justice in England and Wales.. The Act is divided into nine sections, each of which covers various fields of law. This article maps and analyses the changes made by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to existing Special Measures Directions for child witnesses, child defendants and complainants of sexual assault under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. . An Impact Assessment allows those with an interest in the policy area to understand: This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a by S.R. 3. 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In Schedule 38 (transitory, transitional and saving provisions), omit paragraphs Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4). 65. (1) A senior coroner, or (as the case may be) Part 2 Offences relating to witnesses and evidence. 6. 6:04 . . For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use. (1) This paragraph applies where (a) a vacancy occurs in 7.Person to act as senior coroner in case of vacancy, 8.Functions of area and assistant coroners, Part 4 Terms of office of senior, area and assistant coroners. 6)). This study of medico-legal and epidemiological details of homicidal cases would help in enhancement of various stakeholders in law enforcing agencies with the view to benefit the process of scientific crime detection and proper administration of justice at large. 56.In section 12 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34). (1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint staff to assist the Power to require evidence to be given or produced. In Watson, B (Ed.) Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts. Among its provisions are: preventing criminals from profiting from publications about their crimes; abolishing the anachronistic offences of sedition and seditious, defamatory and obscene libel . Surrender of electronic communications devices: powers of search etc, 9C.Inquests without jury to be conducted at hearing or in writing, 10.Determinations and findings to be made, 11.Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations, 13.Investigation in England and Wales despite body being brought to Scotland, Ancillary powers of coroners in relation to deaths, 16.Investigations lasting more than a year, 17.Monitoring of and training for investigations into deaths of service personnel, Chapter 2 Notification, certification and registration of deaths, 18.Notification by medical practitioner to senior coroner, Chapter 3 Coroner areas, appointments etc, 23.Appointment etc of senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners, Chapter 4 Investigations concerning treasure, 25.Coroner for Treasure and Assistant Coroners for Treasure, 28.Outcome of investigations concerning treasure, 30.Duty to notify Coroner for Treasure etc of acquisition of certain objects, 31.Code of practice under the Treasure Act 1996, Chapter 5 Further provision to do with investigations and deaths, 35.Chief Coroner and Deputy Chief Coroners, 36.Reports and advice to the Lord Chancellor from the Chief Coroner, 38.Medical Adviser and Deputy Medical Advisers to the Chief Coroner, 41.Investigation by Chief Coroner or Coroner for Treasure or by judge, former judge or former coroner, 46.Abolition of the office of coroner of the Queen's household, 49.Amendments to the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, 50.Amendments to the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, 51.Public funding for advocacy at certain inquests, Chapter 1 Murder, infanticide and suicide, Partial defence to murder: diminished responsibility, 52.Persons suffering from diminished responsibility (England and Wales), 53.Persons suffering from diminished responsibility (Northern Ireland), Partial defence to murder: loss of control, 54.Partial defence to murder: loss of control, 56.Abolition of common law defence of provocation, 59.Encouraging or assisting suicide (England and Wales), 60.Encouraging or assisting suicide (Northern Ireland), 61.Encouraging or assisting suicide: information society services, 62.Possession of prohibited images of children, 68.Special rules relating to providers of information society services, 69.Indecent pseudo-photographs of children: marriage etc, 70.Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, 71.Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, 73.Abolition of common law libel offences etc, Part 3 Criminal evidence, investigations and procedure, 92.Discharge or variation after proceedings, 93.Discharge or variation by appeal court, The Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008, 96.Power to make orders under the 2008 Act, Chapter 3 Vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, Special measures for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, 98.Eligibility for special measures: age of child witnesses, 99.Eligibility for special measures: offences involving weapons, 100.Special measures directions for child witnesses, 101.Special provisions relating to sexual offences, 102.Evidence by live link: presence of supporter, 103.Video recorded evidence in chief: supplementary testimony, 104.Examination of accused through intermediary, Witnesses protected from cross-examination by accused in person, 106.Directions to attend through live link, 108.Searches of persons answering to live link bail, 109.Use of live link in certain enforcement hearings, 110.Direction of registrar for appeal hearing by live link, 111.Effect of admission of video recording, 112.Admissibility of evidence of previous complaints, 113.Powers in respect of offenders who assist investigations and prosecutions, 114.Bail: risk of committing an offence causing injury, 115.Bail decisions in murder cases to be made by Crown Court judge, 117.Detention of persons under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000, Chapter 1 Sentencing Council for England and Wales, 118.Sentencing Council for England and Wales, 123.Preparation or revision of guidelines in urgent cases, 124.Proposals by Lord Chancellor or Court of Appeal, 130.Resources: effect of sentencing practice, 131.Resources: effect of factors not related to sentencing, 132.Duty to assess impact of policy and legislative proposals, 134.Entrenchment of Lord Chancellor's functions, 135.Abolition of existing sentencing bodies, Chapter 2 Other provisions relating to sentencing, 137.Extension of driving disqualification, 138.Dangerous offenders: terrorism offences (England and Wales), 139.Dangerous offenders: terrorism offences (Northern Ireland), 140.Appeals against certain confiscation orders (England and Wales), 141.Appeals against certain confiscation orders (Northern Ireland), Part 5 Miscellaneous criminal justice provisions, 142.Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, 143.Implementation of E-Commerce and Services directives: penalties, 144.Treatment of convictions in other member States etc, 145.Transfer to Parole Board of functions under the Criminal Justice Act 1991, 146.Retention of knives surrendered or seized (England and Wales), 147.Retention of knives surrendered or seized (Northern Ireland), Part 6 Legal aid and other payments for legal services, 149.Community Legal Service: pilot schemes, 150.Excluded services: help in connection with business matters, 151.Criminal Defence Service: information requests, 152.Criminal Defence Service: enforcement of order to pay cost of representation, 153.Statutory instruments relating to the Legal Services Commission, 154.Damages-based agreements relating to employment matters, 157.Qualifying offenders: service offences, 166.Effect of conviction being quashed etc, 167.Powers of court on repeat applications, 170.Functions of Serious Organised Crime Agency, 175.Further amendments of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29), 177.Consequential etc amendments and transitional and saving provisions, 180.Effect of amendments to provisions applied for purposes of service law, Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations, Suspension where certain criminal charges may be brought.