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Coroners Act 1997
37Notification of immediate family
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37 Notification of immediate family
(1) Before conducting a hearing for an inquest into a death (other than a
death in care or death in custody), the coroner must, at the earliest
opportunity, take reasonable steps to notify a member of the
immediate family of the deceased person about the time and place of
the hearing.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents a coroner from conducting a
hearing if the coroner believes, on reasonable grounds, that it would
be in the public interest or the interests of justice to do so.