Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CORONERS ACT 1997 (NO. 57 OF 1997) - SECT 56

56. (1) A Coroner shall give notice, in writing, to the Registrar-General of an inquest being held.

(2) The Coroner shall—

        (a)     where—

              (i)     an inquest is adjourned by reason of a notice or the filing of an information under subsection 58 (1) or (3); or

              (ii)     the Coroner decides that an inquest so adjourned is to be, or will not be, proceeded further with;

give notice, in writing, to the Registrar-General; or

        (b)     where the inquest—

              (i)     is adjourned (otherwise than as referred to in paragraph (a))—give written notice to the Registrar-General of the particulars of any interim findings; or

              (ii)     is completed—give written notice to the Registrar-General of his or her findings;

together with such particulars as are required to be entered by the Registrar-General in the Register of Deaths under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963 as have come to the knowledge of the Coroner.