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CORONERS ACT 2008 - SECT 27 Request for autopsy

CORONERS ACT 2008 - SECT 27

Request for autopsy

    (1)     If a coroner has control of a body, any person may ask the coroner to direct that an autopsy be performed on the body.

    (2)     If the coroner refuses a person's request, the coroner must give the person, without delay, written reasons for the refusal to give a direction.

Note

An appeal can be made to the Supreme Court under Part 7 against a refusal by a coroner to make a direction.