11Obligation to report death of a person placed in custody or care

11 Obligation to report death of a person placed in custody or care

S. 11(1) amended by No. 31/2013 s. 13(1).

(1) The responsible person must report the death of a person placed in custody or care without delay to a coroner or the Institute.

S. 11(1A) inserted by No. 31/2013 s. 13(2).

(1A) The Institute must refer to a coroner a report of the death of a person placed in custody or care received from a responsible person under subsection (1) as soon as practicable after receipt of that report.

(2) In this section, responsible person means—

(a) in relation to a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (i) of the definition of person placed in custody or care in section 3(1), the person who has care, control or custody of the person;

S. 11(2)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 30.3).

(b) in relation to a person referred to in paragraph (j) of the definition of person placed in custody or care in section 3(1), the police officer or the prison officer who attempted to take the person into custody;

(c) in relation to a person referred to in paragraph (k) or (l) of the definition of person placed in custody or care in section 3(1), a person prescribed as the responsible person.