Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) If a coroner is satisfied that an investigation for an inquest or inquiry should be carried out at a particular place, the coroner may issue an order to a police officer or other person to—
(a) establish a coronial investigation scene at a stated place; and
(b) exercise coronial investigation scene powers at the place stated in the order; and
(c) enter and stay at the place for those purposes.
(2) A coronial investigation scene order—
(a) may be issued at any time before the end of an inquest or inquiry; and
(b) must state—
(i) the date and time the order is issued; and
(ii) the date, within 30 days after the order was made, the order ends; and
(iii) any conditions applying under the order.
(3) A coroner may, before a coronial investigation order ends (a current order ), order an extension of the current order for an additional period (an "extension period") if—
(a) the date the extension period ends is within 30 days after the day the current order ends; and
(b) the coroner is satisfied that an extension of the current order is in the interests of justice.
(4) A coroner may make an order under subsection (3)—
(a) more than once; and
(b) whether or not the coroner issued the current order.
(5) A coronial investigation scene order may be issued to a police officer in writing or orally or to anyone else in writing.
(6) However, an order that is issued to a police officer orally must, as soon as practicable, be given to the police officer in writing.
(7) A police officer or other person acting under a coronial investigation scene order may obtain the assistance of anyone else for the purpose of exercising powers under section 68E (Coronial investigation scene powers).
(8) In this section:
"place" means a place of any kind, whether or not a public place.