CORONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 63 Police assistance
CORONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 63
Police assistance(1) A coroner may, in writing, request the chief police officer for the assistance of a police officer in an investigation for an inquest or inquiry.
(2) The chief police officer must, as far as practicable, comply with a request under subsection (1).
(3) Any act or thing done by a police officer pursuant to subsection (1) is taken to have been done by or on behalf of the coroner who made the request.