CORONERS ACT 1995

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation
• 3A Meaning of senior next of kin
• 3B Determination of senior next of kin of deceased person
• 4 Common law rules cease to have effect

PART 2 - Coroners

• 5 Establishment of coronial division
• 6 Court to comprise a single magistrate or coroner
• 7 Functions of Chief Magistrate
• 8 General directions by Chief Magistrate
• 9 Delegation by Chief Magistrate
• 10 Appointment, &c., of coroners
• 11 Oaths to be taken
• 12 Section 12
• 13 Delegation by coroner
• 14 Chief Clerk (Coronial Division)
• 15 Coroner's associates
• 16 Coroner's officers

PART 3 - State Forensic Pathologist

• 17 State Forensic Pathologist
• 18 Functions and powers of State Forensic Pathologist
• 18A Validation of certain appointments

PART 4 - Reporting of deaths

• 19 Obligation to report death
• 20 Information to coroner

PART 5 - Investigation of deaths

• 21 Jurisdiction of coroners to investigate a death
• 22 Directions by Chief Magistrate
• 23 Aboriginal remains
• 24 Jurisdiction of coroner to hold inquest into a death
• 24A Jurisdiction of Chief Magistrate to hold inquest into a death
• 25 Procedure at inquest where person charged with an offence
• 26 Decision by coroner not to hold an inquest into a death
• 26A Decision by coroner to hold an inquest into a workplace death
• 27 Applications for inquests into a death
• 28 Findings, &c., of coroner investigating a death
• 29 Record of investigation
• 30 Reports on deaths
• 31 Control of body
• 32 Certificate of burial
• 33 Aid to coroners in other places
• 34 Power to restrict entry to place where death occurred
• 35 Approval of pathologists or medical practitioners to undertake
autopsies
• 36 Autopsies
• 37 Application for autopsy
• 38 Objections to autopsy
• 39 Exhumation

PART 6 - Investigation of Fires and Explosions

• 40 Jurisdiction of coroner to investigate a fire or an explosion
• 41 Directions by Chief Magistrate
• 42 Application for investigation into a fire or an explosion
• 43 Jurisdiction of coroner to hold inquest into a fire or an explosion
• 44 Decision by coroner not to hold an inquest into a fire or an
explosion
• 45 Findings, &c., of coroner investigating a fire or an explosion
• 46 Record of findings and comments
• 47 Reports on fires or explosions
• 48 Police to report further information to coroner
• 49 Restriction of access to fire or explosion area

PART 7 - Conduct of Inquests

• 50 Two or more deaths or fires and explosions
• 51 Rules of evidence not applicable
• 52 Rights of interested persons
• 53 Powers of coroners at an inquest
• 53A Power of coroner to defer provision of information
• 54 Statements or disclosures made by witnesses at inquest
• 55 Coroner to hold inquest without a jury
• 56 Exclusion of persons from inquest
• 57 Restriction on publication of reports

PART 7A - Review

• 58 Chief Magistrate may reopen investigation
• 58A Supreme Court may order inquest findings void, &c.

PART 8 - Miscellaneous

• 58B Information on operation of Act provided to senior next of kin and
other persons with sufficient interest
• 59 Powers of entry, inspection and possession
• 59A Power of police to secure evidence for coroner in an emergency
• 59B Disposal, &c., of evidence that cannot be practicably or safely
held
• 60 Orders for care and control of articles, &c.
• 61 Orders as to custody, &c., of articles, &c.
• 62 Variation or revocation of orders as to custody, &c., of
articles, &c.
• 63 Appeal to Supreme Court from orders as to custody, &c., of
articles, &c.
• 64 Coroner not required to give evidence in certain cases
• 65 Obstruction
• 66 Contempt
• 67 Protection from legal proceedings
• 68 Manner of making applications
• 69 Annual report
• 69A Rules of court
• 70 Regulations
• 71 Repeal
• 72 Savings and transitional provisions
• 72A Transition from regulations to rules
• 73 Administration of Act

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