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CORONERS ACT 1996
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used
3A. Death under Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 not reportable death
4. Common law rules to cease to have effect
4A. Courts and Tribunals (Electronic Processes Facilitation) Act 2013 Pt. 2 applies
PART 2 -- Coroners and Coroner’s court
Division 1 -- Coroner’s court
5. Establishment of court
Division 2 -- State Coroner and other coroners
6. State Coroner
7. Deputy State Coroner
7A. Acting Deputy State Coroner
8. Functions of State Coroner
9. Oath of office
10. Delegation
11. Coroners
Division 3 -- Coroner’s registrars and investigators
12. Coroner’s registrars
13. Functions of coroner’s registrars
14. Appointment of coroner’s investigators
15. Affidavits
Division 4 -- Counselling
16. Counselling
PART 3 -- Reporting of deaths
17. Obligation to report death
18. Information to be given to coroner
PART 4 -- Investigation of deaths
Division 1 -- General powers and duties of coroners
19. Jurisdiction of coroner to investigate death
19A. Certain reportable deaths do not require investigation
20. Information to be provided to next of kin
21. Directions by State Coroner
22. Jurisdiction of coroner to hold inquest into death
23. Investigation of suspected deaths
24. Application for inquest into death
25. Findings and comments of coroner
26. Record of findings and comments
26A. Access to evidence
27. Reports
28. Notification of reported deaths to Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
29. Certificate of disposal of body
30. Control of body
31. Aid to coroners in other places
Division 2 -- Powers of investigation
32. Restriction of access to area
33. Powers of entry, inspection and possession
34. Post mortem examinations
35. Independent doctor at post mortem examination
36. Application for post mortem examination
37. Objections to post mortem examinations
38. Exhumation
PART 5 -- Inquests into deaths
39. Advertisement of inquest
40. Two or more deaths
41. Rules of evidence not to apply
42. Rights of interested persons
43. Attorney General may appear at inquest
44. Other persons may appear at inquest
45. Exclusion from inquest
46. Powers of coroners at inquests
46A. Disobeying coroner
47. Statements made by witness
48. Record of evidence
49. Restriction on publication of reports
50. Reference to disciplinary body
51. Interruption of inquest
52. New inquests and re-opening of inquests
53. Inquest not to proceed where criminal proceedings instituted
PART 6 -- Miscellaneous
53A. State Coroner may provide information about deaths to human tissue donation agencies
54. Obstruction
55. Protection from legal proceedings
56. Coroner not to be called as witness
57. Review of Act
58. Guidelines
59. Regulations
PART 7 -- Repeal of Coroners Act 1920, amendment of certain other Acts and savings provision
62. Application of Act to deaths which occurred before Act came into operation
Uncommenced provisions table
Other notes
Defined terms
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