CORONERS ACT 1993 - SECT 46B Response to reports

CORONERS ACT 1993 - SECT 46B

    (1)     If a Chief Executive Officer or the Commissioner of Police receives a copy of a report or recommendation under section 46A(1), the Chief Executive Officer or Commissioner must, within 3 months after receiving the report or recommendation, give to the Attorney-General a written response to the findings in the report or to the recommendation.

    (2)     The response of the Chief Executive Officer or the Commissioner of Police is to include a statement of the action that the Agency or the Police Force is taking, has taken or will take with respect to the coroner's report or recommendation.

    (3)     On receiving the response of the Chief Executive Officer or the Commissioner of Police, the Attorney-General:

        (a)     must, without delay, report on the coroner's report or recommendation and the response to the coroner's report or recommendation; and

        (b)     may give a copy of his or her report to the coroner; and

        (c)     must lay a copy of his or her report before the Legislative Assembly within 3 sitting days after completing the report.

    (4)     The coroner may give a copy of the Attorney-General's report to:

        (a)     the senior next of kin of a deceased person mentioned in the report (or a representative of the senior next of kin); and

        (b)     a witness who appeared at the inquest the subject of the report; and

        (c)     any other person who the coroner considers has sufficient interest in the inquest or investigation the subject of the report.