Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) To ensure best practice in the coronial system, the State Coroner--
(a) may issue directions to the coroner investigating a particular death about a particular aspect of the investigation; and
(b) must issue guidelines to all coroners about the performance of their functions in relation to investigations generally.
Example--
a guideline to help coroners make decisions about the release of documents under this Act
(2) When preparing the guidelines, the State Coroner must have regard to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody that relate to the investigation of deaths in custody.
(3) The guidelines must--
(a) deal with the investigations of deaths in custody; and
(b) deal with investigations of deaths involving human remains found in a suspected traditional burial site, and in particular, must provide for the early notification and involvement of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community having a connection with the burial site; and
(c) list the doctors who are approved by the State Coroner to conduct particular types of autopsies, either by name or by reference to particular qualifications.
(4) When investigating a death, a coroner must comply with the guidelines and any directions issued to the coroner to the greatest practicable extent.
(5) However, to the extent that a direction conflicts with the guidelines, a coroner must comply with the direction.
(6) In this section--
direction does not include a direction as to what finding a coroner may make for an investigation.
traditional burial site means a place that is a traditional Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander burial site.