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South Australia
Coroners (Recommendations) Amendment
Bill 2008
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Coroners Act 2003.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short
title
2 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Coroners
Act 2003
3 Amendment of section 25—Findings on
inquests
Schedule 1—Transitional Provisions
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Coroners (Recommendations) Amendment
Act 2008.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Coroners
Act 2003
3—Amendment
of section 25—Findings on inquests
(1) Section 25(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:
(2) The Court may add to its findings any recommendation that, in the
opinion of the Court—
(a) might prevent, or reduce the likelihood of, a recurrence of an event
similar to the event that was the subject of the inquest; or
(b) is appropriate in the circumstances (even if the recommendation
relates to a matter that was not material to the event the subject of the
inquest).
(2) Section 25(5)—delete "6" and substitute:
3
(3) Section 25—after subsection (5) insert:
(6) The State Coroner may, at any time after the provision of a report
under subsection (5), request a supplementary report to be prepared by the
Minister that addresses any matter that the State Coroner considers necessary
arising out of the report.
(7) If the State Coroner makes a request under subsection (6), the
Minister to whom the request was made must, within 8 sitting days of the
expiration of 3 months after receiving the request—
(a) cause a supplementary report to be laid before each House of
Parliament addressing the matters requested to be addressed by the State
Coroner; and
(b) forward a copy of the supplementary report to the State
Coroner.
Schedule
1—Transitional Provisions
The amendments to section 25 of the Coroners Act 2003 affected
by section 3 apply in relation to any inquest completed after the
commencement of section 3 (whether the event the subject of the inquest
occurred before or after that commencement).