# Coroners and Justice Act 2009, Paragraph 35


(1) Section 273 (transmission of particulars of certain deaths on ships) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (a), for “or a post mortem examination” to the end substitute “ or subsection (2) below applies; and ”.
(3) At the end of that section (which becomes subsection (1)) insert—
“(2) This subsection applies where—
(a) in England and Wales, an investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 into a person's death is discontinued under section 4 of that Act (cause of death revealed by post-mortem examination); or
(b) in Northern Ireland, a preliminary investigation is made of a dead body as a result of which the coroner is satisfied that an inquest is unnecessary.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/schedule/21/paragraph/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-21/paragraph-35
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