29APrincipal registrar to provide certain information to VIFM

29A Principal registrar to provide certain information to VIFM

Unless a coroner directs otherwise, for the performance of its functions under section 9(1)(m)(ii), (iii) and (vi) of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Act 2024, the principal registrar must provide to the Institute without delay the following information in relation to a death that is reported to a coroner—

(a) a copy of the initial police report of the death, if any, that is received by a coroner; and

(b) if not included in the initial police report of the death, the name and contact details of the next of kin (within the meaning of the Human Tissue Act 1982) of the deceased that are provided to the Coroners Court within 24 hours after the death is reported to a coroner.

Note to s. 29A amended by No. 34/2024 s. 48(2).

Section 9(1)(m)(ii), (iii) and (vi) of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Act 2024 confer functions on the Institute to remove tissue, or receive tissue taken, in accordance with the Human Tissue Act 1982 from deceased persons in Victoria (whether or not a coroner has jurisdiction to investigate the deaths) and to process, store and supply the tissue for transplantation to living persons in Victoria or elsewhere or for use, in Victoria or elsewhere, for other therapeutic purposes or for medical or scientific purposes.

Part IV of the Human Tissue Act 1982 provides for tissue donation after death. Section 27 of that Act provides specifically for deaths for which a coroner has or may have jurisdiction under this Act.