102Annual report of court

102 Annual report of court (1) The Chief Coroner must give a report relating to the activities of the court during each financial year to the Attorney-General for presentation to the Legislative Assembly. (2) The report must include particulars of— (a) reports prepared by coroners into deaths in care or deaths in custody and findings contained in the reports; and (b) notices given under section 34A (3) (Decision not to conduct hearing); and

Miscellaneous Part 10 (c) recommendations made under section 57 (3) (Report after inquest or inquiry); and (d) responses of agencies under section 76 (Response to reports) including correspondence about the responses. (3) The Chief Coroner must give the report to the Attorney-General as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year and, in any event, within 6 months after the end of the financial year. (4) If the Chief Coroner considers that it will not be reasonably practicable to comply with subsection (3), the Chief Coroner may within that period apply, in writing, to the Attorney-General for an extension of the period. (5) The application must include a statement of reasons for the extension. (6) The Attorney-General may give the extension (if any) the Attorney-General considers reasonable in the circumstances. (7) If the Attorney-General gives an extension, the Attorney-General must present to the Legislative Assembly, within 3 sitting days after the day the extension is given— (a) a copy of the application given to the Attorney-General under subsection (4); and (b) a statement by the Attorney-General stating the extension given and the Attorney-General’s reasons for giving the extension. (8) The Attorney-General must present a copy of a report under this section to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after the day the Attorney-General receives the report. (9) If the Chief Coroner fails to give a report to the Attorney-General in accordance with this section, the Chief Coroner must give the Attorney-General a written statement explaining why the report was not given to the Attorney-General.

(10) The statement must be given to the Attorney-General within 14 days after the end of the period within which the report was required to be given to the Attorney-General. (11) The Attorney-General must present a copy of the statement to the Legislative Assembly within 3 sitting days after the day the Attorney- General receives the statement.