New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CORONERS ACT 1980 - SECT 15A

15A Direction to hold inquiry

(1) A coroner who dispenses with the holding of an inquiry shall, if requested to do so by the State Coroner, give written reasons for doing so to the State Coroner.

(2) If, after considering any such reasons and any other matters that the State Coroner considers relevant, the State Coroner is of the opinion that an inquiry should nonetheless be held, the State Coroner shall direct a coroner to hold the inquiry.

(3) An inquiry shall be held in accordance with any such direction.

(4) The State Coroner shall not give such a direction to a coroner who is a Magistrate (other than the coroner who dispensed with the holding of the inquiry) without the Chief Magistrate’s consent.

(5) The State Coroner may, instead of directing another coroner to hold the inquiry, hold the inquiry himself or herself.