Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Before conducting a hearing for an inquest into a death (other than a death in custody), the coroner must have regard to—
(a) whether a member of the immediate family of the deceased has been notified of the time and place of the hearing; or
(b) if a member of the immediate family of the deceased has not been notified of the time and place of the hearing—whether reasonable efforts have been made to do so.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents a coroner from conducting a hearing if the coroner believes, on reasonable grounds, that it would be in the public interest or the interests of justice to do so.