(cf , s 4) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , s 4 (1) and (5)) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , ss 12B (1) (a)–(g) and 13 (1) (a)–(c), (e)–(h) and (2)) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , ss 4D and 4F (1)) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , s 5A (1) and (2)) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , s 13AB (1), (3) and (4)) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , s 12A (4)–(8)) Coroners Act 1980 (1) The State Coroner is to make a written report to the Minister containing a summary of the details of the deaths or suspected deaths that:
(a) the State Coroner has been informed about under section 35 or 38, and (b) appear to the State Coroner to involve the death or suspected death of a person in circumstances referred to in section 23.
(cf , ss 17B and 17C) Coroners Act 1980 (1) The State Coroner may give to a coroner directions concerning investigations to be carried out for the purposes of any coronial proceedings or proposed coronial proceedings.
(cf , s 34) Coroners Act 1980 (1) The coroner in coronial proceedings is to ensure that the evidence of every witness in the proceedings is recorded. (2) Subject to this section, a coroner or assistant coroner is to supply a person with a copy of a coroner’s file (or a part of that file) at the request of the person if:
(a) the coroner or assistant coroner is satisfied that it is appropriate for the person to be granted access to the file (or a part of the file), and (b) the person pays the fee that is payable in the Local Court for the provision of a copy of a document (other than a copy of a judgment or order or the reasons for a judgment or order) or such other fee as may be prescribed by (or calculated in accordance with) the regulations.
(cf , s 37) Coroners Act 1980 (1) A subpoena issued under this Part must be served by:
(a) a police officer, or (b) where the coroner or assistant coroner issuing the subpoena so directs—the Sheriff, or a sheriff’s officer, within the meaning of the . Sheriff Act 2005
(cf , ss 40 and 41 (3)) Coroners Act 1980 (1) A person arrested under an arrest warrant issued under this Part is to be brought before a coroner or authorised justice as soon as practicable after the person’s arrest. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a person arrested under an arrest warrant may be dealt with in the same way as a witness arrested under a warrant issued under section 231 of the . Criminal Procedure Act 1986
(cf , ss 44 (1), (5) and (6) and 45 (1) and (4)) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , s 20) Coroners Act 1980 (1) Subject to subsections (2A), (3), (5) and (5A), a coroner who has suspended, or not commenced, an inquest or inquiry under section 78 may make an order:
(a) that the inquest or inquiry is to resume or commence (as the case may be), or (b) to dispense with the resumption or holding of the inquest or inquiry. (2) An order under subsection (1) may be made on a coroner’s own motion or on the application of a person who has been granted leave to appear or to be represented at the inquest or inquiry. (2A) An order under subsection (1) that an inquest or inquiry be resumed may not be made unless the coroner has given the State Coroner written notice of:
(a) the coroner’s intention to make the order, and (b) the day on which it is proposed to make the order (being a day that is no earlier than 14 days after the notice is given).
(cf , s 48A (1)–(5)) Coroners Act 1980 (1) A senior next of kin of a deceased person may, by notice in writing, request a coroner or an assistant coroner not to exercise a relevant post mortem investigative function in relation to the deceased person.
(cf , s 48A (6)–(8)) Coroners Act 1980
(cf , s 48A (9) and (10)) Coroners Act 1980
(1) The Team is to consist of the Convenor of the Team and other persons appointed by the Minister. (2) The Minister is to appoint as Convenor of the Team the State Coroner, a Deputy State Coroner or a former State Coroner or Deputy State Coroner. (3) The Team is to include representatives of each of the following:
(a) the Department of Premier and Cabinet, (b) the Department of Education, (c) the Department of Family and Community Services, (d) the Department of Justice, (e) the NSW Health Service, (f) the NSW Police Force. (3A) The regulations may set out additional requirements in respect of the appointment of representatives of an organisation referred to in subsection (3) including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) the number of representatives to be appointed, (b) the parts or functions of the organisation that are to be represented, (c) the qualifications, experience or expertise that any representative is required to have.
(1) The Team has the following functions:
(a) to review closed cases of domestic violence deaths occurring in New South Wales, (b) to analyse data to identify patterns and trends relating to such deaths, (c) to make recommendations as to legislation, policies, practices and services for implementation by government and non-government agencies and the community to prevent or reduce the likelihood of such deaths, (d) to establish and maintain a database (in accordance with the regulations) about such deaths, (e) to undertake, alone or with others, research that aims to help prevent or reduce the likelihood of such deaths.
(1) A copy of a report furnished to the Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament under this Part must be laid before that House on the next sitting day of that House after it is received by the Presiding Officer. (2) The Team may include in a report a recommendation that the report be made public forthwith.
(1) It is the duty of each of the following persons to provide the Team with full and unrestricted access to records that are under the person’s control, or whose production the person may, in an official capacity, reasonably require, being records to which the Team reasonably requires access for the purpose of exercising its functions:
(a) the head, chief executive officer, senior executive or senior member of any Public Service agency, statutory body or local authority, (b) the Commissioner of Police, (c) a coroner, (d) a medical practitioner or health care professional who, or the head of a body which, delivers health services, (e) a person who, or the head of a body which, delivers welfare services. (2) A person subject to that duty is not required to provide access to records if the person reasonably considers that doing so may prejudice an existing investigation or inquiry of a matter under an Act being undertaken by or for the person.
(1) A Team-related person must not make a record of, or directly or indirectly disclose to any person, any information (including the contents of any document) that was acquired by the person by reason of being a Team-related person, unless:
(a) the record or disclosure is made in good faith for the purpose of exercising a function under this Chapter, or (b) the record or disclosure is authorised to be made by the Convenor in connection with research that is undertaken for the purpose of helping to prevent or reduce the likelihood of domestic violence deaths in New South Wales, or (c) the record or disclosure is made by the Convenor for the purpose of:
(i) providing information to the Commissioner of Police in connection with a possible criminal offence, or (ii) reporting to the Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services that a child or class of children may be at risk of harm, or (iii) providing information to the State Coroner that may relate to a death that is within the jurisdiction of the State Coroner, whether or not the death has been the subject of an inquest under this Act, or (iv) providing information to the Child Death Review Team in connection with that Team’s functions, or (v) providing information to the Ombudsman concerning the death of a person that is relevant to the exercise of any of the Ombudsman’s functions, or (vi) giving effect to any agreement or other arrangement entered into under this Chapter or with coroners in other jurisdictions for the exchange of information, or (vii) providing information to a national database compiled for the purposes of, and contributed to by, coroners of States and Territories, or (d) the record or disclosure is made by a member of the Team to a Minister, or to the head, chief executive officer, senior executive or senior member of any Public Service agency or a statutory body, in connection with a draft report prepared for the purpose of this Chapter. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
(cf Coroners Act 1980, s 43)
(cf , s 58) Coroners Act 1980
(Section 101E (9))