24Jurisdiction of coroner to hold inquest into a death

24 Jurisdiction of coroner to hold inquest into a death

(1)  Subject to section 25 , a coroner who has jurisdiction to investigate a death must hold an inquest if the body is in Tasmania or it appears to the coroner that the death, or the cause of death, occurred in Tasmania or that the deceased ordinarily resided in Tasmania at the time of death and –

(a) the coroner suspects homicide; or

(b) the deceased was immediately before death a person held in care or a person held in custody; or

(c) the identity of the deceased is not known; or

(d) [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2000] [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 2 of 1998, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jul 2000] [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 72 of 2005, s. 77, Applied:20 Feb 2006] the deceased died whilst escaping or attempting to escape from prison, a detention centre, a secure mental health unit, police custody or the custody of a person who had custody under an order of a court for the purposes of taking that person to or from a court; or

(e) [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 9 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Apr 2003] [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 72 of 2005, s. 77, Applied:20 Feb 2006] [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 69 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Feb 2014] the death occurred in the process of a police officer, correctional officer, mental health officer or prescribed person, within the meaning of section 31 of the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999 , attempting to detain a person; or

(ea) [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 66 of 2005, s. 5, Applied:15 Dec 2005] the deceased died at, or as a result of an accident or injury that occurred at, his or her place of work and the coroner is not satisfied that the death was due to natural causes; or