72Savings and transitional provisions

72 Savings and transitional provisions

(1)  On and after the commencement day –

(a) a reference in any Act to any section, Division, Part or Schedule of the Coroners Act 1957 is taken to be a reference to the equivalent provision, if any, in the Coroners Act 1995 ; and

(b) a reference in any law, instrument or document to the Coroners Act 1957 is taken to be a reference to the Coroners Act 1995 .

(2)  A person holding office as a coroner under the Coroners Act 1957 immediately before the commencement of this Act is taken to have been appointed as a coroner under this Act.

(3)  The Coroners Act 1957 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continues to apply in relation to –

(a) any death in respect of which a coroner has been informed before the commencement of this Act; and

(b) any direction given to a coroner before the commencement of this section by the Attorney-General to inquire into a fire; and

(c) any request –

(i) made to a coroner by the owner of property or an insurer of property destroyed or damaged by fire to inquire into the fire; and

(ii) approved by the Attorney-General –

before the commencement of this section; and

(d) any request given to a coroner before the commencement of this section by the State Fire Commission to inquire into a fire.

(4)  [Section 72 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 61 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Nov 1999] A person who, immediately before the commencement of the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1999 held an office of coroner's clerk, holds the office of coroner's associate on the same terms and conditions and the appointment to the office of coroner's clerk is taken to be an appointment to the office of coroner's associate made by the Chief Magistrate.