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CORONERS ACT 2008 (NO. 77 OF 2008) - SECT 17

Certain reportable deaths do not require investigation

    (1)     A coroner is not required to continue an investigation into a reportable death if—

        (a)     the coroner determines that the death was not a death referred to in section 4(2)(b); and

        (b)     a medical investigator conducts a medical examination on the deceased person and provides a report to the coroner that includes an opinion that the death was due to natural causes; and

        (c)     the coroner determines that, other than the fact that the death of the person was unexpected, the death is not a reportable death; and

        (d)     the coroner     determines that the death is not a reviewable death.

    (2)             If a coroner determines under this section not to continue an investigation, the principal registrar must notify the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, without delay, of the prescribed particulars.



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