Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A coroner may report to the Attorney-General on an inquest or an inquiry into a fire held by the coroner.
(2) A coroner must report to the Attorney-General on an inquiry into a disaster.
(3) A report by a coroner to the Attorney-General—
(a) must be in writing; and
(b) must set out the coroner's findings about any serious risks to public safety that were revealed in the inquest or inquiry to which the report relates; and
(c) may make recommendations about matters of public safety if the recommendations—
(i) relate to the coroner's findings about a cause of death, fire or disaster; and
(ii) would, in the coroner's opinion, improve public safety.
(4) If a report under this section contains comments or recommendations about a matter of public safety, or findings about a risk to public safety, the Attorney-General or another Minister must—
(a) present the report to the Legislative Assembly not later than the first sitting week after the end of 6 months after the day the Attorney-General receives the report; and
(b) present a response to the report on the same day the report is presented to the Legislative Assembly.
(5) If the report contains information that could reasonably identify a deceased person, before presenting the report, the Minister presenting the report may deidentify the information if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so, having regard to—
(a) the interests of the members of the immediate family of the deceased person; and
(b) the risk to public safety; and
(c) whether or not it is in the public interest.