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Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Inquests

86: Coroner may exclude people from inquest

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"The coroner can stop people from attending an inquest."

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A coroner can decide to exclude you or others from all or part of an inquest. The coroner has the power to make this decision. You can find more information by comparing this to the 1988 legislation https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM135000

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM377829.

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Part 3Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths
Inquests

86Coroner may exclude people from inquest

  1. A coroner may exclude any person or people from all or a part of an inquest.

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