Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A doctor commits an offence if—
(a) a coroner must hold an inquest into the manner and cause of death of a person under the Coroners Act 1997 ; and
(b) the doctor gives a certificate about the death of the person for the regulations.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
Note The Coroners Act 1997 , s 13 states the circumstances in which a coroner must hold an inquest into the manner and cause of death of a person.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
(3) A doctor commits an offence if—
(a) the doctor gives a certificate about the death of a person for the regulations; and
(b) the doctor knows that—
(i) the doctor has a financial interest in the person's death under a life insurance policy; or
(ii) the doctor has a right or expectancy to property of any kind on the person's death.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(4) In this section:
"doctor" includes a doctor who is a medical referee under the regulations.
Note for pt 3
The governance of territory authorities, including the cemeteries authority, is regulated by the Financial Management Act 1996 (the FMA ), pt 9 as well as the Act that establishes them.
The FMA, pt 9 deals, for example, with the corporate status of territory authorities and their powers, the make-up of governing boards, the responsibilities of the governing board and board members, how governing board positions can be ended, meetings of governing boards and conflicts of interest.