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Coroners Act 2006

Appointments, administration, powers, offences and penalties, and technical provisions - Appointments

103: Coroners

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The Governor-General can appoint people to be coroners. You need to have been a barrister or solicitor for at least 5 years to be a coroner. The Governor-General makes this appointment after getting advice from the Attorney-General. You stop being a coroner when you turn 70 years old. But if you are 70 or older, you can be reappointed as a coroner for one term. This term must be specified and cannot be longer than 2 years. The Governor-General gets advice from the Attorney-General before making an appointment. This advice is given after the Attorney-General talks to the Minister. You must be a fit and proper person to be appointed as a coroner.

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Part 4Appointments, administration, powers, offences and penalties, and technical provisions
Appointments

103Coroners

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by warrant, appoint fit and proper people to be coroners.

  2. Each one of those people must have held a practising certificate as a barrister or solicitor for at least 5 years.

  3. The appointment must be made on the advice of the Attorney-General, given after consultation with the Minister.

  4. Every coroner vacates that office, if he or she has not earlier done so in another way, on attaining the age of 70 years.

  5. However, a former coroner of or over the age of 70 years may be reappointed for 1 term that—

  6. is specified in a warrant of reappointment; and
    1. does not exceed 2 years.

      Notes
      • Section 103(4): amended, on , by section 4(1) of the Coroners Act 2006 Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 6).
      • Section 103(5): replaced, on , by section 56 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).