Coroners Act 1997
49Record of proceedings
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49 Record of proceedings (1) In this section: relevant provisions means the following provisions of the Magistrates Court Act 1930: • section 314 (Registrar to give directions for preparation of transcript) • section 315 (Applications for transcripts) • section 316 (Record of proceedings) • section 317 (Record of proceedings and transcript). (2) The relevant provisions apply in relation to the depositions of a witness who gives evidence at a hearing as if the depositions were depositions in a proceeding in the Magistrates Court and as if— (a) a reference to the Magistrates Court were a reference to a coroner; and (b) a reference to the registrar of the Magistrates Court were a reference to the registrar of the Coroner’s Court; and (c) in section 315—the following subsection were substituted for subsection (2): ‘(2) A person is entitled to a copy of a record made at an inquest or inquiry only if the person has satisfied the registrar or a coroner that the person has good reason for applying for the copy.’; and (d) in section 316 (6)—proceedings at an inquest or inquiry were proceedings mentioned in that subsection; and (e) all other necessary changes, and any changes prescribed by regulation, were made.