36State Coroner to inform Ombudsman and others about certain child and disability deaths

36 State Coroner to inform Ombudsman and others about certain child and disability deaths

36 State Coroner to inform Ombudsman and others about certain child and disability deaths

(cf Coroners Act 1980, s 12A(3A) and (3B))

(1) The State Coroner is to provide the Ombudsman with all relevant material held by the State Coroner relating to—

(a) any death or suspected death of a person in any of the circumstances referred to in section 24(1), or

(b) any death of a person who is less than 18 years old in the circumstances referred to in section 23(1)(d).

(1A) The State Coroner is to provide the Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 of the Commonwealth with all relevant material held by the State Coroner relating to any death or suspected death of a person in the circumstances referred to in section 24(1)(e) or (f).

(2) The relevant material is to be provided as soon as practicable after—

(a) a decision is made not to hold an inquest concerning the death or suspected death, or

(b) if an inquest is held—the conclusion or suspension of the inquest.

(3) The requirements of this section are in addition to any requirements of Part 6 of the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993.

s 36: Am 2019 No 7, Sch 1.2 [3]–[5]; 2024 No 82, Sch 2.2.