Victorian Numbered Regulations

CORONERS REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 120 OF 2009) - REG 10

r. 9

For the purposes of section 21 of the Act, the prescribed information in respect of the coronial process that must be provided by the principal registrar is—

        (a)     the objectives of the Coroners Act 2008 ;

        (b)     the meaning of a reportable death and a reviewable death;

        (c)     what the purpose of a coronial investigation is including—

              (i)     what a coroner must find, if possible;

              (ii)     that recommendations might be made by a coroner following a coronial investigation which in turn may oblige certain parties receiving those recommendations to make a written response in relation to those recommendations;

              (iii)     that the findings, comments and recommendations made following an inquest may be published on the Internet in accordance with the Act;

        (d)     what the identification process may involve;

        (e)     rights in relation to viewing and touching the body of a deceased person and access to the place of death;

        (f)     the meaning of a medical examination under the Act including a preliminary examination, an identification procedure and an autopsy;

        (g)     inquests conducted under the Act—

              (i)     including circumstances where a coroner must conduct an inquest;

              (ii)     the rights of interested parties at an inquest;

              (iii)     assistance provided to a coroner at inquest;

              (iv)     how an inquest must be conducted;

        (h)     the meaning of senior next of kin under the Act and their rights in relation to an autopsy and an exhumation under the Act;

              (i)     a person's rights under the Act in relation to an exhumation, the release of a body, an inquest into a death and reopening an investigation;

        (j)     a person's right to seek legal representation;

        (k)     a person's obligation to report a death including a reviewable death and provide assistance to the coroner under the Act;

        (l)     the availability of services including—

              (i)     counselling services;

              (ii)     interpreting services and translated information;

              (iii)     legal services;

        (m)     access to documents under the Act;

        (n)     where to lodge a complaint in relation to the Coroners Court and appeals to the Supreme Court.