Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CORONERS ACT 1997 (NO. 57 OF 1997) - SECT 31

31. (1) Where—

        (a)     the body of a person who has died outside the Territory is lying, or the ashes of a deceased are, in the Territory; and

        (b)     a Coroner is informed by a coroner having jurisdiction in the place where the person died that an inquest is to be held in that place into the manner and cause of the death of the person;

the Coroner may make an order directing a person named in the order to remove the body or ashes to the place at which the inquest is to be held.

(2) Where a Coroner makes an order under subsection (1), the Coroner shall—

        (a)     notify the Registrar-General; and

        (b)     give to the Registrar-General such of the particulars specified in subsection 56 (2) as are known to the Coroner.