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HUMAN TISSUE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 2

Post-mortem examinations.

2.(1) Without prejudice to section 15 of the Anatomy Act 1832 (which prevents
that Act from being construed as applying to post-mortem examinations directed
to be made by a competent legal authority) that Act shall not be construed as
applying to any post-mortem examination carried out for the purpose of
establishing or confirming the causes of death or of investigating the
existence or nature of abnormal conditions.

(2) No post-mortem examination shall be carried out otherwise than by or in
accordance with the instructions of a registered medical practitioner, and no
post-mortem examination which is not directed or requested by the coroner or
any other competent legal authority shall be carried out without the authority
of the person lawfully in possession of the body; and section 1(2), (5), (6)
and (7) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply with respect to the
giving of that authority.

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