16Determination by coroner that reported death not a reportable death

16 Determination by coroner that reported death not a reportable death

(1) A coroner may determine that a death that was reported to the coroner as a reportable death is not a reportable death.

S. 16(1A) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 6(1).

(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), a coroner may determine that a death described in section 4(2)(h) or (i) is not a reportable death if satisfied the death is not a death described in section 4(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (j).

S. 16(2) amended by No. 48/2018 s. 6(2).

(2) If a coroner determines that a death is not a reportable death under subsection (1) or (1A), the coroner must give written notice of the coroner's determination to the person who reported the death.

(3) If a coroner determines that a death is not a reportable death, the coroner must discontinue the investigation into the death.

(4) Subsection (3) does not affect the investigation by the State Coroner of the death if it is a reviewable death.

(5) Whether or not a death is a reportable death, the coroner must discontinue the investigation into the death if the coroner determines that the death probably occurred more than 100 years before it was reported to a coroner.

S. 16(6) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 6(3).

(6) If a coroner determines under this section that a death is not a reportable death under subsection (1) or (1A), the principal registrar must notify the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, without delay, of the prescribed particulars.

S. 16A inserted by No. 11/2016 s. 139.