Before section 59 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 8:

58B.     Information on operation of Act provided to senior next of kin and other persons with sufficient interest

As soon as practicable after a coroner commences an investigation into a death under section 21 , a person appointed to be the Chief Clerk (Coronial Division) under section 14 is to ensure that any general, or specific, information that is specified in the regulations in relation to the operation of the Act is provided, in the manner specified in the regulations (whether an electronic manner, paper manner, or both), to –

(a) the senior next of kin of the deceased person; and

(b) any other person whom the coroner considers to have a sufficient interest in the death.