Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A coroner has jurisdiction to investigate a death if it appears to the coroner that the death is or may be a reportable death.
(2) A coroner to whom a death is reported must, if it appears to the coroner that the death is or may be a reportable death, investigate it.
(3) A coroner need not investigate a death if an investigation or inquest is held in a State or another Territory.
(4) A coroner may direct that more than one death be investigated at one inquest.