# The Coroners (Amendment) Rules 2008, Article 3


After rule 57 insert—
“Supply of information concerning the death of children to Local Safeguarding Children Boards
57A. (1) Paragraph (2) applies if an inquest is to be held into the death of a deceased person or a post-mortem examination of the deceased’s body is to be made under section 19 of the 1988 Act and the coroner has reason to believe that the deceased was or may have been under the age of 18 at the time of death.
(2) The coroner must, within 3 working days beginning with the date on which the coroner makes a decision to hold an inquest into the death of the deceased or to direct or request a post-mortem examination of the body under section 19 of the 1988 Act, secure that the appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board is notified of the death.
(3) A coroner may supply information to a Local Safeguarding Children Board for use for the purposes of its functions.
(4) In this rule—
“the appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board” means the Board established under section 13(1) of the Children Act 2004 within whose area the body of the deceased is lying;
“information” means any information that is—
(a) held by a coroner for the purposes of an inquest or a post-mortem examination under section 19 of the 1988 Act; and
(b) relates to the death of a person who was or may have been under the age of 18 at the time of death;
“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, in England and Wales.
(5) The requirements of paragraph (2) do not apply to a death—
(a) which occurred before 1 April 2008; or
(b) in relation to which a coroner decides to hold an inquest or direct or request a post-mortem examination under section 19 of the 1988 Act before 17th July 2008.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1652/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-amendment-rules-2008/article-3
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