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Queensland
Coroners (Reporting
Arrangements) Amendment
Bill 2007
Queensland
Coroners (Reporting Arrangements)
Amendment Bill 2007
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s 47A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
47A Acting on coroner's findings and comments. . . . . . . . 4
2007
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Coroners Act 2003
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Coroners (Reporting 3
Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007. 4
Clause 2 Act amended 5
This Act amends the Coroners Act 2003. 6
Clause 3 Insertion of new s 47A 7
After section 47-- 8
insert-- 9
`47A Acting on coroner's findings and comments 10
`(1) This section applies if-- 11
(a) under section 46(2)(d)(ii), a coroner gives a written copy 12
of the coroner's comments (the relevant document), 13
made in relation to a death investigated at an inquest, to 14
the chief executive officer of a government entity; or 15
(b) under section 47(2)(b), a coroner gives a written copy of 16
the coroner's findings and comments (also the relevant 17
document), made in relation to the investigation of a 18
death in care or death in custody, to the appropriate 19
chief executive. 20
`(2) The chief executive officer or chief executive must, within 48 21
hours after receiving the relevant document, give the coroner a 22
written notice acknowledging receipt of the document. 23
`(3) Also, the chief executive officer or chief executive must, 24
within 6 months after receiving the relevant document, give 25
the coroner an interim written report stating-- 26
(a) what action the chief executive officer or chief executive 27
has taken in relation to the document; or 28
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(b) if the chief executive officer or chief executive has not 1
taken any action in relation to the document--the 2
reasons why no action has been taken. 3
`(4) Also, the chief executive officer or chief executive must, 4
within 1 year after receiving the relevant document, give the 5
coroner a final written report stating-- 6
(a) what action the chief executive officer or chief executive 7
has taken in relation to the document; or 8
(b) if the chief executive officer or chief executive has not 9
taken any action in relation to the document--the 10
reasons why no action has been taken. 11
`(5) If the coroner is not satisfied with the content of a report 12
received under subsection (3) or (4), the coroner may give the 13
responsible Minister a written notice stating why the coroner 14
is not satisfied with the content of the report. 15
`(6) If the coroner does not receive a report under subsection (3) or 16
(4), the coroner must give the responsible Minister a written 17
notice stating that the report has not been received. 18
`(7) Subsection (8) applies if, despite giving the responsible 19
Minister a notice under subsection (5) or (6), the coroner does 20
not within 6 months after giving the notice receive from the 21
chief executive officer or chief executive a written report, 22
satisfactory to the coroner, stating-- 23
(a) what action the chief executive officer or chief executive 24
has taken in relation to the relevant document; or 25
(b) if the chief executive officer or chief executive has not 26
taken any action in relation to the relevant 27
document--the reasons why no action has been taken. 28
`(8) The coroner must give the Attorney-General a written report 29
about the action taken by, or inaction of, the chief executive 30
officer or chief executive in relation to the relevant document. 31
`(9) The Attorney-General must, as soon as practicable after 32
receiving a report under subsection (8), cause a copy of the 33
report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly. 34
`(10) In this section-- 35
coroner includes the State Coroner. 36
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responsible Minister means-- 1
(a) if subsection (1)(a) applies--the Minister administering 2
the Government entity; or 3
(b) if subsection (1)(b) applies--the appropriate Minister, 4
as defined in section 47(3).'. 5
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