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CORONERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1959 - SECT 6

Coroner to hold inquests in district to which he is appointed.

6.(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and of section fourteen a
coroner shall hold inquests only within the district for which he is, or is
deemed to have been, appointed under this Act.

(2) Where the coroner for any district is unable owing to illness, absence or
for any other cause to discharge his duties as such or neglects or fails to
discharge those duties the [Lord Chancellor] may in writing direct any coroner
or other person possessing the qualifications referred to in sub-section (3)
of section two to act, during such period or periods as the [Lord Chancellor]
may specify, in that district, and such coroner or other person shall during
that period or periods have the same powers and perform the same duties within
that district as the coroner appointed therefor.

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