New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CORONERS ACT 2009 - SECT 29

29 Direction to hold inquest where coroner has dispensed with inquest

(cf Coroners Act 1980 , s 14E)

(1) If a coroner has dispensed with an inquest, the State Coroner may (after considering the coroner's reasons for dispensing with the inquest and any other matters that the State Coroner considers relevant) direct a coroner to hold the inquest if the State Coroner is of the opinion that an inquest should nonetheless be held.

(2) An inquest is to be held in accordance with the direction.

(3) The State Coroner is not to give such a direction to a coroner who is a Magistrate (other than the coroner who dispensed with the holding of the inquest) without the Chief Magistrate's consent.

(4) The State Coroner may hold the inquest instead of directing another coroner to hold the inquest.