CORONERS ACT 2008 - SECT 105 Rules of the Coroners Court

CORONERS ACT 2008 - SECT 105

    (1)     The State Coroner, together with 2 or more coroners, may jointly make rules of the Coroners Court for or with respect to—

        (a)     forms;

        (b)     any matter relating to the practice and procedure of the Coroners Court, including the manner of making applications to a coroner and the recording of determinations;

S. 105(1)(baa) inserted by No. 33/2018 s. 70.

        (baa)     electronic communication and electronic processes in the Coroners Court, including, but not limited to—

              (i)     applications by electronic means, electronic filing and electronic service of documents in any matter under this Act; and

              (ii)     the transmission and issuing of orders, determinations and other documents by electronic communication; and

              (iii)     use of electronic signatures and seals;

S. 105(1)(ba) inserted by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 11.5).

        (ba)     any matter relating to payment of allowances or reimbursement of expenses of witnesses and interpreters;

S. 105(1)(bb) inserted by No. 62/2014 s. 72.

        (bb)     the manner of making a waiver under section 26(2)(b) and the recording of such of a waiver;

        (c)     any matter relating to a body that is in the control of a coroner, including the viewing and handling of a body;

        (d)     the investigation of a death or fire;

        (e)     the publication of when an inquest is to occur, including how those details are to be published and what the publication must include;

        (f)     the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of information;

S. 105(1)(fa) inserted by No. 58/2013 s. 40(1).

        (fa)     any other matter or thing required or permitted by or under the Open Courts Act 2013 to be dealt with by rules of the Coroners Court or otherwise necessary or required for the purposes of that Act;

S. 105(1)(g) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 30.5).

        (g)     the custody, care, control, return or disposition of a thing (including a document) or sample seized, taken or received by a police officer or the Coroners Court under this Act;

        (h)     the service of documents;

              (i)     the publishing of coronial findings, comments and recommendations;

S. 105(1)(j) amended by No. 34/2010 s. 45(1).

        (j)     the performance of functions by the State Coroner, coroners, judicial registrars and registrars;

S. 105(1)(ja) inserted by No. 34/2010 s. 45(2).

        (ja)     the prescription of the matters or class of matters which may be dealt with by the Coroners Court constituted by a judicial registrar;

S. 105(1)(jb) inserted by No. 34/2010 s. 45(2), amended by No. 58/2013 s. 40(2).

        (jb)     delegating to the judicial registrars all or any of the powers of the Coroners Court specified by the Rules in relation to matters prescribed under paragraph (ja), including, but not limited to, the exercise by judicial registrars of the jurisdiction of the Coroners Court other than powers under sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 59, 67, 68, 72, 73(1), 74, 77, 103, 105, 107, 114 and  115;

S. 105(1)(jc) inserted by No. 34/2010 s. 45(2).

        (jc)     reviews of, and appeals from, the Coroners Court constituted by a judicial registrar;

        (k)     any other matter relating to the practice or procedure of the Coroners Court that is required or permitted to be prescribed by the rules or that is necessary to be prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this Act.

    (2)     Rules of the Coroners Court may—

S. 105(2)(a) amended by No. 34/2010 s. 45(3)(a).

        (a)     require a matter affected by the rules to be approved by or to the satisfaction of a coroner, judicial registrar or registrar or class of coroner, judicial registrar or registrar;

S. 105(2)(b) amended by No. 34/2010 s. 45(3)(b).

        (b)     confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a coroner, a judicial registrar or a registrar or class of coroner, judicial registrar or registrar;

        (c)     provide in a specified case or class of case for the exemption of an investigation or inquest or a class of investigation or inquest from any of the provisions of the rules, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to any extent that is specified.

    (3)     A power conferred by this Act to make rules of the Coroners Court may be exercised—

        (a)     either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to all those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation to any specified case or class of case; and

        (b)     so as to make, in respect of the cases in relation to which it is exercised—

              (i)     the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or a different provision for different cases or classes of case, or a different provision for the same case or class of case for different purposes; or

              (ii)     any provision either conditionally or subject to any specified condition.

S. 105(4) inserted by No. 5/2013 s. 61.

    (4)     In this section, "coroner" does not include a reserve magistrate.