Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Removal, Storage and Use of Human Organs and Other Tissue for Scheduled Purposes Section 11: Coroners
29.In order to maintain the current legal position regarding coroners, this section exempts from the requirements of Part 1 of the Act anything done for the functions of a coroner or under his authority. This includes both his statutory functions and his common law authority. Subsection (2) provides that if a body or material from it may be needed for the purposes of the coroner, the authority conferred by section 1 to act in relation to the body or material does not apply.