Coroners Act 1980 Regulation relating to a medical practitioner's fees (1990-769) [GG No 167 of 14.12.1990] (NSW)

1990—No. 769

CORONERS ACT 1980—REGULATION

(Relating to a medical practitioner’s fees)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 167 of 14 December 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council. and in pursuance of the Coroners Act 1980, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JOHN DOWD

Attorney General.

Commencement

1. This Regulation commences on 1 January 1991.

Amendment

2. The Coroners Regulation 1980 is amended by omitting clause 4 and

by inserting instead the following clause:

Fees

4. The following are the fees payable under section 52 of the Act to a medical practitioner who performs a service in accordance with an order or request of a coroner:

Service performed Fee

(a)

carrying out an external $50 if the examination is

examination of a dead carried out during normal

person’s body and providing	hours and $65 if carried out
on the prescribed form a	outside normal hours

report of the examination to
the coroner

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( b ) carrying out an internal $221

examination of a dead

person’s body after opening the 3 cavities of the body and providing on the prescribed form a report of the examination to the coroner

(c ) travelling to and from. and attending and giving evidence $155 for the first 2 hours, or

part of 2 hours, and $25 for

at, a place at which an inquest	each half hour afterwards.
is held with respect to an	to a maximum of $500 for
examination referred to in	any one day
paragraph (a) or (b)
(d) giving expert evidence at an inquest with respect to an examination referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)	$11
(e) using his or her own motor vehicle for the purpose of	$0.90 for each kilometre

travelled to the place.

travelling to a place to carry out an examination referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), or travelling to a place to give evidence at an inquest with respect to the examination.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Coroners Regulation 1980 so as to increase the fees payable to a medical practitioner who examines the body of a person who has died and attends an inquest into the person’s death. The fees were last increased as from 4 March 1985.