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Coroners Act 1997
93Supreme Court—power to quash, or order fresh, inquest
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93 Supreme Court—power to quash, or order fresh, inquest
or inquiry
(a) an inquest into the cause of the death of a person, or an inquiry
into the cause of a fire or disaster, has been held; and
(b) the Supreme Court, on an application made by or under the
authority of the Attorney-General or by anyone else is satisfied
that, because of fraud, rejection of evidence, irregularity of
proceedings, insufficiency of inquiry, discovery of new facts or
evidence or otherwise, it is necessary or desirable in the public
interest or the interests of justice that the inquest or inquiry be
quashed and that another inquest or inquiry be held;
the Supreme Court may order that the inquest or inquiry be quashed
and another inquest or inquiry be held into the death, fire or disaster.
(2) If an application is made under subsection (1) by a person (other than
the Attorney-General or someone acting under the
Attorney-General’s authority), the application must be served on the
Attorney-General.
(3) The Attorney-General may appear on the hearing of any application
under subsection (1).
Witness expenses and other amounts Part 9