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Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Inquiries

76: People from whom evidence generally to be heard

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"Who gets to tell the coroner what they know about a death"

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When a coroner is looking into someone's death, they must hear evidence from people who have relevant information. You can give evidence if you have something important to say about the death, and it relates to what the coroner needs to find out, as stated in section 57(2)(a) to (e). The coroner can also choose to hear from someone they think would be helpful to question.

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Part 3Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths
Inquiries

76People from whom evidence generally to be heard

  1. For the purposes of an inquiry, a coroner must (at an inquest or otherwise) receive evidence from any person—

  2. who offers, in respect of the death concerned, evidence relevant to any matter required by section 57(2)(a) to (e) (purposes of inquiries) to be established; or
    1. whom the coroner thinks it appropriate to examine.

      1. The evidence received may be expert evidence.

      2. Subsection (1) is subject to the rest of this Act.

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