CORONERS ACT 2003 - SECT 12
Not investigating or stopping investigation of particular deaths
CORONERS ACT 2003 - SECT 12
Not investigating or stopping investigation of particular deaths
12 Not investigating or stopping investigation of particular deaths
(1) A coroner must not investigate a death, unless directed to do so by the
Minister or by the State Coroner under section 11(4) (b) , if—
(a) the
death happened in another State and has been reported to a non-Queensland
coroner; or
(b) the death happened outside Australia.
(2) A coroner must
stop investigating a death if—
(a) the coroner’s investigation shows that
the body is indigenous burial remains; or
(b) each of the following
applies—
(i) the death was not a reportable death under section 8(3) (a) or
(g) ;
(ii) the coroner’s investigation shows that an autopsy of the body is
not necessary;
(iii) the coroner decides to authorise a doctor to issue a
cause of death certificate; or
(c) an autopsy of the body, ordered by the
coroner, shows that the body is that of a stillborn child; or
(d) the State
Coroner directs the coroner to stop the investigation; or
(e) the coroner
becomes aware that the death is a death mentioned in subsection (1) , unless
the Minister directs the coroner to continue the investigation.
(3) If the
coroner stops investigating the death under subsection (2) (e) , the coroner
may give the results of the coroner’s investigation, including any autopsy
report, to a non-Queensland coroner who is investigating the death.
(4) A
coroner may stop investigating a death if—
(a) the death was a reportable
death only under section 8(2) and (3) (e) ; and
(b) an autopsy has been
conducted and an autopsy certificate has been given to the coroner under
section 24A(3) (b) ; and
(c) the coroner, having regard to the circumstances
of the death and the autopsy certificate, is satisfied the death was a natural
death.
