Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Inquiries

57B: Coroner must consult certain persons or organisations on recommendations or comments

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"The coroner must ask certain people for their thoughts before making a comment or recommendation."

When a coroner wants to make a recommendation or comment under section 57A, you need to know they must tell certain people or organisations first. They must notify experts who gave evidence under section 76, other experts with an interest, and people or organisations the comment is about. The coroner gives them 20 working days to comment on the proposed recommendation or comment. The chief coroner records any comments made by these people or organisations in a register, as required under section 7(2)(e). The chief coroner can make these comments public without needing approval from the people or organisations who made them.

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57A: Recommendations or comments by coroners, or

"Coroners can make comments to help prevent similar deaths"

58: Adverse comments by coroners, or

"Coroners must follow rules when making negative comments about people or groups"

Part 3Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths
Inquiries

57BCoroner must consult certain persons or organisations on recommendations or comments

Before making a recommendation or comment under section 57A, a coroner must—
notify the following persons or organisations of the proposed recommendation or comment:
1. any experts from whom the coroner has received evidence under section 76; and
2. any other expert who the coroner considers has an interest in the inquiry; and
3. any persons or organisations to whom the recommendation or comment is directed; and
give those persons or organisations 20 working days to comment on the proposed recommendation or comment.

The chief coroner must record any comments (or summaries of those comments) made by persons or organisations notified under subsection (1) in the register of recommendations and comments maintained under section 7(2)(e).
To avoid doubt, the chief coroner may make the comments made by a person or organisation publicly available, via the register or otherwise, without the approval of that person or organisation.

Notes

Section 57B: inserted, on 21 July 2016, by section 36 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).