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CORONERS ACT 2008 (NO. 77 OF 2008) - SECT 16

Determination by coroner that reported death not a reportable death

    (1)     A coroner may determine that a death that was reported to the coroner as a reportable death is not a reportable death.

    (2)     If a coroner determines that a death is not a reportable death, the coroner must give written notice of the coroner's determination to the person who reported the death.

    (3)     If a coroner determines that a death is not a reportable death, the coroner must discontinue the investigation into the death.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not affect the investigation by the State Coroner of the death if it is a reviewable death.

    (5)     Whether or not a death is a reportable death, the coroner must discontinue the investigation into the death if the coroner determines that the death probably occurred more than 100 years before it was reported to a coroner.



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