15Coroner's associates

15 Coroner's associates

(1)  [Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 61 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Nov 1999] The Secretary of the Department may appoint State Service officers and State Service employees employed in the Department to be coroner's associates and those persons hold office in conjunction with State Service employment.

(2)  [Section 15 Subsection (2) amended by No. 76 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2004] [Section 15 Subsection (2) amended by No. 61 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Nov 1999] [Section 15 Subsection (2) amended by No. 61 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Nov 1999] The Chief Magistrate may, with the approval of the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Police Service Act 2003 , appoint police officers to be coroner's associates.

(3)  [Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 91 of 2001, s. 4, Applied:05 Dec 2001] A clerk of petty sessions and a deputy clerk of petty sessions may perform the functions and exercise the powers of a coroner's associate.

(4)  [Section 15 Subsection (4) amended by No. 91 of 2001, s. 4, Applied:05 Dec 2001] A coroner's associate may–

(a) on behalf of a coroner, receive information about a death, a fire or an explosion; and

(b) [Section 15 Subsection (4) amended by No. 62 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:14 Nov 2000] administer an oath or affirmation or take an affidavit; and

(c) issue a summons requiring a witness to attend an inquest to give oral evidence or to produce documents or other materials.