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Western Australia Coroners Amendment Bill 2017 Contents 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Act amended 2 4. Section 19A inserted 2 19A. Certain reportable deaths do not require investigation 2 5. Section 25 amended 3 6. Section 28 amended 3 15--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Coroners Amendment Bill 2017 A Bill for An Act to amend the Coroners Act 1996. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Coroners Amendment Bill 2017 s. 1 1 1. Short title 2 This is the Coroners Amendment Act 2017. 3 2. Commencement 4 This Act comes into operation as follows -- 5 (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act 6 receives the Royal Assent; 7 (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after that day. 8 3. Act amended 9 This Act amends the Coroners Act 1996. 10 4. Section 19A inserted 11 After section 19 insert: 12 13 19A. Certain reportable deaths do not require 14 investigation 15 (1) A coroner is not required to investigate, or continue to 16 investigate, a reportable death if the coroner determines 17 that -- 18 (a) the death is due to natural causes; and 19 (b) the death is a reportable death solely because it 20 appears to have been unexpected. 21 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a coroner may 22 determine that a death is due to natural causes if a 23 pathologist informs the coroner in writing that, in the 24 pathologist's opinion, the death is due to natural causes 25 or consistent with natural causes. page 2 Coroners Amendment Bill 2017 s. 5 1 (3) However, a determination cannot be made under 2 subsection (1) about a reportable death if -- 3 (a) there is a duty to hold an inquest into the death 4 under this Act; or 5 (b) the death occurred during an anaesthetic. 6 (4) If a determination is made under subsection (1), the 7 coroner must notify the Registrar of Births, Deaths and 8 Marriages as soon as possible of the particulars (if any) 9 found by the coroner which are needed to register the 10 death. 11 12 5. Section 25 amended 13 After section 25(1) insert: 14 15 (1A) However, a coroner is not under a duty to make a 16 finding under subsection (1)(b) as to how death 17 occurred, even if it is possible to do so, if -- 18 (a) there is no duty to hold an inquest into the 19 death under this Act; and 20 (b) the coroner determines that there is no public 21 interest to be served in making a finding as to 22 how the death occurred. 23 24 6. Section 28 amended 25 In section 28(1) after "particulars" insert: 26 27 (if any) 28 29
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