New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CORONERS ACT 1980 - SECT 4A

4A State Coroners and Deputy State Coroners

(1) The Governor may appoint a State Coroner and up to 4 Deputy State Coroners.

(1A) If there is more than one Deputy State Coroner, one is to be appointed as Senior Deputy State Coroner in and by his or her instrument of appointment or a later instrument executed by the Governor.

(2) The appointments shall be made by written instruments.

(3) The persons appointed must be Magistrates.

(4) A Magistrate shall not be appointed unless he or she has complied with section 16 of the Local Courts Act 1982 (which relates to oaths and affirmations).

(5) The State Coroner and a Deputy State Coroner shall each hold office for such period not exceeding 5 years as may be specified in their respective instruments of appointment but are eligible (if otherwise qualified) for re-appointment.

(6) Appointment as the State Coroner or a Deputy State Coroner does not affect a Magistrate’s tenure of office, rank, title, status or precedence as a Magistrate.

(7) The State Coroner and a Deputy State Coroner are coroners for the purposes of this Act.

(8) Service as the State Coroner or a Deputy State Coroner shall, for all purposes, be taken to be service as a Magistrate.

(9) The Public Sector Management Act 1988 does not apply to the appointment of the State Coroner or a Deputy State Coroner and the State Coroner and a Deputy State Coroner are not, in their respective capacities as State Coroner and Deputy State Coroner, subject to that Act.