6If, in the opinion of a medical practitioner, the death of a person is imminent by reason of injury or disease and the medical practitioner has reason to believe that section 4 of the Coroners Act may apply when death does occur and a consent under this Act has been obtained for the post-mortem use of a specified part or parts from the body for therapeutic purposes or for the purposes of medical education or scientific research, a coroner having jurisdiction, despite the fact that death has not yet occurred, may give the directions that the coroner thinks proper respecting the removal of part or parts of the body after the death of the person, and every direction has the same force and effect as if it had been made after death under section 5 of the Coroners Act.