Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CORONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 67

    (1)     A coroner may—

        (a)     inspect a document or other thing produced before, or delivered to, the coroner and make copies of, or take extracts from, any parts of the document that are relevant to a matter the subject of the inquest or inquiry; and

        (b)     retain possession of the document or thing for the period necessary for the inquest or inquiry to which the document or thing relates.

    (2)     A person otherwise entitled to possession of a document retained under subsection (1) (b) is entitled to be supplied with a copy of the document certified by the coroner to be a true copy.

    (3)     A certified copy of a document must be received in all courts as evidence as if it were the original.

    (4)     Until the certified copy is supplied, the coroner must, at any times and places the coroner thinks appropriate, permit—

        (a)     the person otherwise entitled to possession of the document; or

        (b)     a person authorised by that person;

to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.

    (5)     If the retention of a document or other thing by a coroner ceases to be necessary for an inquest or inquiry, the coroner must, if a person who appears to the coroner to be entitled to the document or thing requests, give the document or thing to the person.

    (6)     On the completion of an inquest or inquiry, a coroner must take all reasonably practical steps to give any thing taken or seized under this division to the person whom the coroner reasonably believes to be entitled to it.