Coroners and death certification law reform: the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and its aftermath
Coroners and death certification law reform: the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and its aftermath
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验尸官和死亡证明法改革：2009 年验尸官和司法法案及其后果
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10.1258/msl.2011.010212
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2010
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T. Luce
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在对各种不同的选择进行了五年的考虑之后，上届政府于2009年立法改革英格兰和威尔士的验尸官和死亡证明制度。《2009年验尸官和司法法》规定设立一个新的首席验尸官职位，领导管辖范围，并由地方验尸官监督一项同样适用于土葬和火葬案件的新的死亡证明计划。2010年10月，新政府宣布，它认为主要的验尸官改革负担不起，将不会继续进行改革，并计划废除相关规定。它打算执行新的死亡证明安排，这是受欢迎的。尽管长期以来，人们普遍认识到有必要进行重大改革，但仍决定放弃主要的验尸官改革，这是令人遗憾的，尽管这与上个世纪其他未能使这项被忽视的服务适当现代化的失败是一致的。
After considering various different options for half a decade, the last Government legislated in 2009 to reform the England and Wales coroner and death certification systems. The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 provides for the creation of a new Chief Coroner post to lead the jurisdiction and for local medical examiners to oversee a new death certification scheme applicable equally to burial and cremation cases. In October 2010 the new Government announced that it judges the main coroner reform to be unaffordable, will not proceed with it and plans to repeal the provisions. It intends to implement the new death certification arrangements, which is welcome. The decision to abort the main coroner reform in spite of longstanding and widespread recognition of the need for major change is deplorable though in line with other failures over the last century to properly modernise this neglected service.