Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Inquiries

72: Permission referred to in section 71(2)

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"Getting permission to share details about a death"

You can get permission to share details about a death. This permission is for when the Independent Police Conduct Authority or the Commissioner of Police want to share a report or an opinion about the death. They can share this information under the Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988. You are allowed to share details from these reports or opinions if they have already been made public. The Commissioner of Police can share their opinions or recommendations under section 27 or 28 of that Act. This means you can talk about the death based on what they have already shared. The permission also applies when someone shares details from a report or opinion that has been made public under the Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988. This is so you can discuss the death based on the information that is already out there. You can do this as long as you are sharing details that have been made public.

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Part 3Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths
Inquiries

72Permission referred to in section 71(2)

For the purposes of section 71(2), this section gives permission for—
the publication by the Independent Police Conduct Authority, under section 34(1)(b) of the Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988, of a report that includes a particular of the death; and
the publication by the Commissioner of Police, under section 34(2) of that Act, of an opinion or recommendation under section 27 or 28 of that Act, or a part of any such opinion or recommendation, that includes a particular of the death; and
the making public by a person of a particular of the death contained in any such report, opinion, recommendation, or part of an opinion or recommendation, published under that Act.

Compare

1988 No 111 s 29(3)(b)

Notes

Section 72(a): amended, on 29 November 2007, by section 26 of the Independent Police Conduct Authority Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 38).