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Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Inquiries

78: Protection for witnesses and counsel

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You have the same rights as people in a court of law if you are a witness giving evidence for an inquiry under the Coroners Act 2006. You also have these rights if you are being heard by a coroner about a proposed adverse comment, as stated in section 58(2) or (3). You have these rights if you are a lawyer appearing before a coroner for an inquiry.

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Part 3Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths
Inquiries

78Protection for witnesses and counsel

  1. The following have the same privileges and immunities as witnesses and counsel in courts of law:

  2. witnesses giving evidence (whether at inquests or otherwise) for the purposes of inquiries opened under this Act; and
    1. a person, corporation, or body being heard, in accordance with section 58(2) or (3), in relation to a proposed adverse comment by a coroner in the course, or as part of the findings, of an inquiry; and
      1. counsel appearing before coroners (whether at inquests or otherwise) for the purposes of this Act.

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