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Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Inquiries or further inquiries ordered by Solicitor-General or High Court

102: Procedure at inquiries ordered under sections 95 to 97

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"What happens at an inquiry into a death ordered under special rules"

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You are looking at a law about inquiries into deaths. If an inquiry is ordered under sections 95 to 97, its findings replace any previous findings about the death. The law says what happens to evidence from previous inquiries. You need to know that evidence from previous inquiries can be used in a new inquiry. This is unless the Solicitor-General or the High Court says otherwise under section 95, 96, or 97. The new inquiry will use this evidence. An inquiry under these sections is usually held in the same way as any other inquiry. This is except for what is said in this section and in sections 95 to 97. The law explains how these inquiries work.

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Inquiries or further inquiries ordered by Solicitor-General or High Court

102Procedure at inquiries ordered under sections 95 to 97

  1. The findings of an inquiry conducted pursuant to any of sections 95 to 97 replace the findings at every previous inquiry (if any) conducted in respect of the death concerned.

  2. Except to the extent that the Solicitor-General or the High Court may have ordered otherwise under section 95 or 96 or 97, all depositions taken for the purposes of any former inquiry into a death must be deemed to have been taken for the purposes of an inquiry into the death held pursuant to that section.

  3. Except as provided in this section and sections 95 to 97, an inquiry held pursuant to any of those sections must be held in the same manner as any other inquiry.

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