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CORONERS ACT 2009 - SECT 64

Fresh inquest or inquiry--admission of previous depositions

64 Fresh inquest or inquiry--admission of previous depositions

(cf Coroners Act 1980 , s 33A)

(1) A coroner holding a fresh inquest or inquiry may admit in evidence the depositions taken at any previous inquest or inquiry.
(2) Subsection (1) is subject to the terms of an order made by a court for the holding of the fresh inquest or inquiry.
Note--: Section 83 provides for the circumstances in which a fresh inquest or inquiry concerning a matter may be held by a coroner following the termination or conclusion of a previous inquest or inquiry concerning the matter. Also, section 85 enables the Supreme Court to order that a fresh inquest or inquiry be held in certain circumstances.



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