Jurisdiction concerning deaths in custody or as a result of police operations
23 Jurisdiction concerning deaths in custody or as a result of police operations
A senior coroner has jurisdiction to hold an inquest concerning the death or suspected death of a person if it appears to the coroner that the person has died (or that there is reasonable cause to suspect that the person has died)—
while in the custody of a police officer or in other lawful custody, or
while escaping, or attempting to escape, from the custody of a police officer or other lawful custody, or
as a result of police operations, or
while in, or temporarily absent from, any of the following institutions or places of which the person was an inmate—
a detention centre within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987,
a correctional centre within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999,
a lock-up, or
while proceeding to an institution or place referred to in paragraph (d), for the purpose of being admitted as an inmate of the institution or place and while in the company of a police officer or other official charged with the person’s care or custody.
In this section—
police operation means any activity engaged in by a police officer while exercising the functions of police officer other than an activity for the purpose of a search and rescue operation.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.