Coroners Act 2006

Inquiries into causes and circumstances of deaths - Completion of inquiries

94B: Chief coroner to publish information regarding certain inquiries for which findings not completed

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The chief coroner has to publish information about certain inquiries. You can see a list of inquiries where an inquest or hearing has been held, but the findings have not been completed and signed under section 94. The chief coroner also has to publish the date of each inquest or hearing. The chief coroner must explain how you can find out the status of an inquiry. You can use this information to stay updated on the inquiries.

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94BChief coroner to publish information regarding certain inquiries for which findings not completed

The chief coroner must, at regular intervals, publish—
a list of all inquiries in respect of which an inquest, or a hearing on the papers, has been held but a certificate of findings has not been completed and signed under section 94; and
for each inquiry, the date on which the inquest, or hearing on the papers, was held.

In addition to the information specified in subsection (1), the chief coroner must publish an explanation of the process by which a person can find out the status of an inquiry in relation to which an inquest, or a hearing on the papers, has been held but a certificate of findings has not yet been completed and signed.

Notes

Section 94B: inserted, on 21 July 2016, by section 54 of the Coroners Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 29).