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Coroners Act 2006

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

140: Regulations

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"Rules Made by the Governor-General"

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The Governor-General can make regulations for certain purposes. You need to know that these regulations can be about things like salaries and fees for people who work under this Act. The Governor-General can also make regulations for other matters that are necessary for this Act to work properly. You can find out more about what regulations are and how they are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. Regulations made under this section are a type of secondary legislation.

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Technical provisions

140Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for either or both of the following purposes:

  2. prescribing salaries, fees, allowances, and travelling allowances and expenses, for specialist advisers, witnesses, doctors, analysts, and pathologists, who perform any function under this Act or give evidence for the purposes of an inquiry conducted, or at an inquest held, under this Act:
    1. providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.

      1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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      • Section 140(1)(a): amended, on , by section 4 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 56).
      • Section 140(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).