(1)
If satisfied that an inquiry is necessary or desirable and that the responsible coroner has failed or refused to open one, the Solicitor-General or the High Court may order an inquiry to be opened; and in that case an inquiry must be opened and conducted.
(2)
This section is subject to clause 15 of Schedule 3.
Compare: 1988 No 111 s 40(2)
Section 95(1): amended, on 21 July 2016, by section 55 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).