7Chief coroner's functions

1. The chief coroner's main function is to contribute to the integrity and effectiveness of the coronial system provided for by this Act by—

2. facilitating the orderly and efficient operation of the system; and
3. overseeing coroners' investigations by—
   1. managing the workloads of coroners; and
   2. issuing practice notes; and
   3. monitoring the operation of the system; and
4. facilitating the provision to coroners of support services and cultural, legal, medical, or other specialist advice.

5. The chief coroner has the following additional functions (which support the chief coroner’s main function):

6. to establish, and to help maintain, relationships between coroners and other persons carrying out functions or duties within the coronial system:
7. to help to inform, and to achieve consistency in, coronial decision making and other coronial conduct (for example, by issuing practice notes):
8. to perform the functions of a Head of Bench under the Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Judicial Conduct Panel Act 2004 in relation to the exercise by coroners (except for those who are District Court Judges) of the judicial authority conferred on them by this Act:
9. to help to avoid unnecessary duplication in investigations into deaths by liaising, and encouraging co-ordination (for example, through issuing practice notes or developing protocols), with other investigating authorities, official bodies, and statutory officers:
10. to set up and maintain a register, which must be publicly available, of coroners' recommendations and comments (or summaries of those recommendations and comments) made after the commencement of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016:
11. to carry out any other function or task conferred or imposed by this Act or any other enactment.