Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CORONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 49

    (1)     In this section:

"relevant provisions" means the following provisions of the Magistrates Court Act 1930

:

              •     section 314 (Registrar to give directions for preparation of transcript)

              •     section 315 (Applications for transcripts)

              •     section 316 (Record of proceedings)

              •     section 317 (Record of proceedings and transcript).

    (2)     The relevant provisions apply in relation to the depositions of a witness who gives evidence at a hearing as if the depositions were depositions in a proceeding in the Magistrates Court and as if—

        (a)     a reference to the Magistrates Court were a reference to a coroner; and

        (b)     a reference to the registrar of the Magistrates Court were a reference to the registrar of the Coroner's Court; and

        (c)     in section 315—the following subsection were substituted for subsection (2):

    ‘(2)     A person is entitled to a copy of a record made at an inquest or inquiry only if the person has satisfied the registrar or a coroner that the person has good reason for applying for the copy.'; and

        (d)     in section 316 (6)—proceedings at an inquest or inquiry were proceedings mentioned in that subsection; and

        (e)     all other necessary changes, and any changes prescribed by regulation, were made.