93Assignment of magistrates and reserve magistrates to be coroners

93 Assignment of magistrates and reserve magistrates to be coroners

S. 93(1) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 60(2).

(1) The State Coroner and Chief Magistrate may jointly assign any person who is appointed as a magistrate under section 7 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 or as a reserve magistrate to
be a coroner for the Coroners Court, whether exclusively or in addition to any other duties.

S. 93(2) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 60(3).

(2) In assigning a magistrate or reserve magistrate to be a coroner for the Coroners Court, the State Coroner and Chief Magistrate must have regard to the experience and knowledge of the magistrate or reserve magistrate in relation to coronial investigations, investigations into deaths and fires and the identification of preventative measures following such investigations.

S. 93(3) amended by Nos 34/2010 s. 4, 5/2013 s. 60(4).

(3) The State Coroner and Chief Magistrate may at any time jointly revoke the assignment of a magistrate or reserve magistrate as a coroner.

S. 93(4) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 60(5).

(4) Unless his or her assignment is revoked under subsection (3), a magistrate or reserve magistrate who is assigned to be a coroner continues to be a coroner for so long as he or she holds the office of magistrate or reserve magistrate under the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.

S. 93(5) inserted by No. 5/2013 s. 60(6).

(5) A reserve magistrate assigned under this section to be a coroner may only exercise powers of a coroner when the reserve magistrate is engaged under section 9C of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 to undertake the duties of a magistrate.

S. 94 (Heading) amended by No. 63/2013 s. 83(1).