Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts9. (1) Subject to the directions of the Chief Coroner, a Deputy Coroner has and may exercise the powers of a Coroner.
(2) The Chief Coroner shall not direct a Deputy Coroner to hold an inquest into a death in custody.
(3) A Deputy Coroner who is a medical practitioner is not competent or compellable to hold an inquest into the cause of the death of a person whom he or she attended professionally at or immediately before the death of the person or during the last illness of the person.