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Coroners Act 2006

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

116A: Establishment and constitution of suicide and media expert panel

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"A special group helps the chief coroner make decisions about sharing information on self-inflicted deaths."

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A special group called the suicide and media expert panel is set up. You need to know the Director-General of Health chooses up to 4 people to be on this panel. The Director-General of Health must pick people with the right skills, including someone who knows about stopping suicides, someone who knows about media, someone who knows about tikanga Māori, and someone who knows about Māori youth suicides. The panel gives advice to the chief coroner if they ask for it, about certain applications made under section 71A(1). These applications are about allowing some information to be published about self-inflicted deaths. The chief coroner can ask the whole panel or just one member for advice. The panel has an important job in helping the chief coroner make decisions. You can find more information about how the law works in the Coroners Amendment Act 2016. The law is in place to help people in New Zealand.

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Administration

116AEstablishment and constitution of suicide and media expert panel

  1. A suicide and media expert panel is established.

  2. The panel consists of up to 4 members appointed by the Director-General of Health by written notice.

  3. The Director-General of Health must be satisfied that the panel includes—

  4. at least 1 member with expertise in suicide prevention; and
    1. at least 1 member with expertise in media; and
      1. at least 1 member with expertise in tikanga Māori; and
        1. at least 1 member with expertise in Māori youth suicide.

          1. The panel or any member of the panel must advise the chief coroner, if the chief coroner requests the panel or the member to do so, about applications, made under section 71A(1), for exemptions from the restrictions applying to the publication of details of self-inflicted deaths.

          Notes
          • Section 116A: inserted, on , by section 61 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).