Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CORONERS (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) (NO. 58 OF 1997) - SCHEDULE 1

    SCHEDULE 1     Subsection 4 (1)

AMENDMENTS OF ACTS

Cemeteries Act 1933

Paragraph 16 (a)—

Omit “ 1956 ”, substitute “ 1997 ”.

Cremation Act 1966

Subsection 7 (2)—

Omit “under subsection (2) of section thirty-three of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963 certifying that there is no reason why a body should not be cremated”, substitute “issued by a Coroner authorising the cremation of the body of the deceased”.

Paragraph 11 (1) (b)—

Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

    “(b)     a certificate issued by a Coroner authorising the cremation of the body of the deceased.”.

Evidence Act 1971

Paragraph 75 (1) (e)—

Omit “ 1956 ”, substitute “ 1997 ”.

Section 76A—

Omit “ 1956 ”, substitute “ 1997 ”.

Section 82—

Omit “ 1956 ”, substitute “ 1997 ”.

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963

Sections 29, 30 and 31—

Repeal the sections.

Section 32—

Omit “or that the Coroner has dispensed with the holding or further holding of”, substitute “, that the Coroner has adjourned the inquest”.

Section 33—

Repeal the section.

Subsection 34 (5)—

    (a)     Omit “the Coroner”, substitute “a Coroner”.

    (b)     Omit “subsection 11 (1), other than paragraph (1) (j), of the Coroners Act 1956 ”, substitute “subsection 13 (1), other than paragraph 13 (1) (j) of the Coroners Act 1997 ”.

Paragraph 39 (1) (a)—

Add at the end “or”.

Paragraph 39 (1) (b)—

Omit the paragraph.

Forms 6 and 7—

Omit the Forms.

Supreme Court Act 1933

Subparagraph 37B (2) (c) (ii)—

Omit “ 1956 ”, substitute “ 1997 ”.