Queensland Numbered Acts

CORONERS AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2009 No. 32

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement

           Part 2--Amendment of Coroners Act 2003

   3.      Act amended in pt 2
   4.      Amendment of s 7 (Duty to report deaths)
   5.      Amendment of s 8 (Reportable death defined)
   6.      Amendment of s 9 (Death in care defined)
   7.      Amendment of s 10 (Death in custody defined)
   8.      Insertion of new s 10AA
   9.      Amendment of s 10A (State Coroner to notify children's commissioner of deaths)
   10.     Amendment of s 11 (Deaths to be investigated)
   11.     Insertion of new s 11A
   12.     Amendment of s 12 (Deaths not to be investigated or further investigated)
   13.     Amendment of s 13 (Coroner's powers of investigation)
   14.     Amendment of s 14 (Guidelines and directions for investigations)
   15.     Amendment of s 16 (Duty to help investigation)
   16.     Amendment of s 17 (Disclosure of confidential information to Coroners Court)
   17.     Insertion of new s 17A
   18.     Insertion of new s 18A
   19.     Replacement of s 21 (Observing an autopsy)
   20.     Amendment of s 22 (Extra medical evidence for autopsy)
   21.     Amendment of s 23 (Autopsy testing)
   22.     Insertion of new s 23A
   23.     Amendment of s 24 (Removing tissue for autopsy testing)
   24.     Amendment of s 24A (Autopsy certificate)
   25.     Amendment of s 25 (Autopsy reports)
   26.     Amendment of s 26 (Control of body)
   27.     Amendment of s 27 (When inquest must be held)
   28.     Amendment of s 28 (When inquest may be held)
   29.     Amendment of s 30 (Applying for inquest to be held)
   30.     Amendment of s 32 (Notice of inquest)
   31.     Amendment of s 34 (Pre-inquest conferences)
   32.     Amendment of s 35 (Directions or orders about inquests)
   33.     Amendment of s 36 (Right to appear etc.)
   34.     Amendment of s 41 (Prohibited publications relating to inquests)
   35.     Amendment of s 43 (Excluding persons from inquest)
   36.     Amendment of s 45 (Coroner's findings)
   37.     Amendment of s 46 (Coroner's comments)
   38.     Amendment of s 47 (Coroner's comments and findings for deaths in care or custody)
   39.     Amendment of s 50 (Reopening inquests etc.)
   40.     Insertion of new ss 50A and 50B
   41.     Amendment of s 52 (Documents that can not be accessed)
   42.     Amendment of s 53 (Access to investigation documents for research purposes)
   43.     Amendment of s 54 (Access to investigation documents for other purposes)
   44.     Insertion of new s 54AA
   45.     Amendment of s 54A (Access to investigation documents by the children's commissioner)
   46.     Amendment of s 56 (Refusing access in the public interest)
   47.     Amendment of s 60 (Returning physical evidence)
   48.     Replacement of pt 3, div 6, hdg (Transferring investigation to another coroner)
   49.     Insertion of new s 63A
   50.     Amendment of s 71 (Functions and powers of State Coroner)
   51.     Insertion of new s 71A
   52.     Amendment of s 74 (Acting as State Coroner)
   53.     Amendment of s 77 (Annual report)
   54.     Insertion of new s 79A
   55.     Amendment of s 86 (Delegation of powers to registrar or deputy registrars)
   56.     Amendment of s 88 (Immunity)
   57.     Amendment of s 96 (Application of Act to stillborn child)
   58.     Amendment of pt 6 hdgs
   59.     Insertion of new pt 6, div 4
   60.     Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)

           Part 3--Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003

   61.     Act amended in pt 3
   62.     Amendment of s 42 (Correcting the register)

           Part 4--Amendment of Cremations Act 2003

   63.     Act amended in pt 4
   64.     Amendment of s 4 (Cremations this Act does not apply to)