Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Coroners Act 1985 - SECT 51

General access to records and files

51. General access to records and files



(1) Subject to sections 30E and 58(1), before the completion of an
investigation or inquest into a death or an investigation or inquest into a
fire, a coroner may direct that the coroner's file relating to that
investigation or inquest, or any part of that file, is to be made available to
any person or class of person as the coroner directs.

(2) Subject to sections 30E and 58(1), after the completion of an
investigation or inquest into a death or an investigation or inquest into a
fire, the coroner's record and the coroner's file relating to that
investigation or inquest is to be open to public access unless a coroner
otherwise orders.

(3) Nothing in this section affects or limits the functions and powers of a
coroner under section 21, 22, 22A, 30F, 38 or 45(1).



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