FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 81 Inquest in case of death by accident or industrial disease.

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 81

Inquest in case of death by accident or industrial disease.

81.(1) Where a coroner holds an inquest on the body of any person whose death
may have been caused by any accident or disease of which notice is required by
this Act to be given, the coroner shall adjourn the inquest unless an
inspector or some person on behalf of the Ministry is present to watch the
proceedings, and shall, at least four days before holding the adjourned
inquest, send to the chief inspector notice in writing of the time and place
of the adjourned inquest; but

(a)the coroner, before the adjournment, may take evidence to identify the
body, and may order its interment; and

(b)if the inquest relates to the death of not more than one person, and the
coroner has sent to the chief inspector notice of the time and place of the
inquest at such time as to reach the chief inspector not less than twenty-four
hours before the time of the inquest, he need not adjourn the inquest if the
majority of the jury think the adjournment unnecessary.

(2) The following provisions shall have effect with respect to any such
inquest:

(a)no person having a personal interest in or employed in or about or in the
management of the factory in or about which the accident occurred or the
disease was contracted shall be qualified to serve on the jury and the
constable or other officer shall not summon any person disqualified under this
provision and the coroner shall not allow any such person to be sworn or to
sit on the jury;

(b)the following persons shall, subject to the power of the coroner to
disallow any question which in his opinion is not relevant or is otherwise not
a proper question, be entitled to examine any witness either in person or by
counsel or solicitor, that is to say, an inspector, any relation of the person
in respect of whose death the inquest is being held, the occupier of the
factory, any person appointed by the order in writing of the majority of the
persons employed in the factory, and any person appointed in writing by any
trade union, friendly society or other association of persons to which the
deceased at the time of his death belonged or to which any person employed in
the factory belongs, or by any association of employers of which the occupier
is a member.

(3) Where evidence is given at any such inquest at which an inspector is not
present of any neglect as having caused or contributed to the accident or
disease, or of any defect in or about the factory appearing to the coroner or
jury to require a remedy, the coroner shall send to the chief inspector notice
in writing of the neglect or defect.

S.82 rep. by SR 1979/246. S.83 rep. by 1978 NI 9 art.56(2) sch.7

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 81