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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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