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Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Completion of inquiries

94A: Chief coroner to monitor inquiries not completed within 1 year

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If a coroner is looking into a death and has not finished their report within 1 year, the chief coroner must check on how the inquiry is going. The chief coroner can also ask the coroner to explain why they have not finished the inquiry yet. You can find out more about what the coroner must do when they finish their inquiry in section 94.

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Part 3Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths
Completion of inquiries

94AChief coroner to monitor inquiries not completed within 1 year

  1. If a coroner conducting an inquiry into a death has not, in respect of the death, completed and signed a certificate of findings under section 94 within 1 year of the date on which the death was reported to the coroner, the chief coroner—

  2. must monitor the progress of the inquiry; and
    1. may require the coroner conducting the inquiry to explain why he or she has not concluded the inquiry.

      Notes
      • Section 94A: inserted, on , by section 54 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).