Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Every magistrate is a coroner (a local coroner).
(2) As well as the functions and powers of a magistrate, a local coroner has the functions and powers of a coroner under this or another Act.
(3) A person stops being a local coroner--
(a) while the person is suspended as a magistrate; or
(b) if the person stops being a magistrate.
(4) For a magistrate who is a local coroner, the duties of office mentioned in the Magistrates Act 1991, section 43(4) include the duties of a coroner.
(5) In this section--
magistrate includes a person who is acting as a magistrate.