Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) An inquest or inquiry must be conducted in accordance with any practice or procedure for taking a step in the inquest or inquiry that is prescribed under this Act or another territory law under which the step is to be taken.
(2) However, if a practice or procedure for taking a step in an inquest or inquiry is not prescribed under this Act or another territory law—
(a) the Chief Coroner may give directions for the practice or procedure (a coronial practice direction ) to be followed for the step; or
(b) if the Chief Coroner has not given a coronial practice direction for the step—the coroner holding the inquest or inquiry may give directions about the practice or procedure to be followed in the inquest or inquiry.
(3) The rules may prescribe matters in relation to the practice and procedure for a hearing.
(4) In this section:
"rules" means rules under the Court Procedures Act 2004
applying in relation to the Coroner's Court.