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Coroners Act 2006

Deaths to be reported and post-mortems - Interests of families and other relevant people or organisations

22: Representative for liaison with immediate family

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"Choosing a family spokesperson to talk to the coroner"

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When someone dies, you might want a person to talk to the coroner for you. The coroner can choose to talk mainly to one or more people who represent your family. This helps the coroner keep your family informed about what is happening. You can ask the coroner to choose a representative for your family. The coroner will choose the smallest number of people needed to make sure everyone in your family is represented fairly. The coroner needs to know the name and contact details of the person who will be the representative. The coroner does not have to wait for a representative to be chosen before they start doing their job.

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Part 2Deaths to be reported and post-mortems
Interests of families and other relevant people or organisations

22Representative for liaison with immediate family

  1. Repealed

  2. To facilitate effective liaison with the immediate family on the duties and processes required by law to be performed or followed in relation to the death, the coroner may, on a request by, or on behalf of, the immediate family, recognise and, after recognition, liaise mainly with, 1 or more representatives of the immediate family.

  3. The coroner may recognise under this section only the smallest number of representatives necessary to represent fairly the interests of all the different members of the immediate family.

  4. No recognition under this section is effective until the coroner is given a proposed representative's name and contact details.

  5. Nothing in this section requires the performance or exercise of functions, powers, or duties in relation to the death to be delayed until a representative is recognised, or until his or her details are given to the coroner.

Notes
  • Section 22(1): repealed, on , by section 17 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).