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Coroners Act 2006

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

30: Charges for copies under section 28 or 29

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"Paying for copies of coroner's information"

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You can ask for a copy of information under section 28 or 29 of the Coroners Act 2006. If you are asking for information about yourself, you will not have to pay a charge. The officer or employee of the department will decide if you have to pay a charge if you are asking for information about someone else. You will only have to pay a reasonable charge, which is based on the cost of labour and materials to make the information available. If you want the information urgently, you may have to pay extra for this. The department can ask you to pay some or all of the charge before they give you the information. The department follows rules to make sure the charge is fair. They consider the cost of making the information available and any extra costs for urgent requests. This helps them decide how much you should pay for the information.

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30Charges for copies under section 28 or 29

  1. No charge may be fixed under this section for a request under section 28(1) or 29(1) made by the individual to whom the information concerned relates.

  2. This subsection applies to a request under section 28(1) or 29(1) that is not made by the individual to whom the information concerned relates.

  3. An officer or employee of the responsible department must determine under this section what (if any) charge to fix for a request to which subsection (2) applies.

  4. Any charge fixed must be reasonable and regard may be had—

  5. to the cost of the labour and materials involved in making the information available; and
    1. to any costs incurred pursuant to a request that the information be made available urgently.

      1. The responsible department may require that the whole or part of any charge fixed be paid in advance.

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