Coroners Act 1993 (NT)

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

CORONERS ACT 1993

As in force at 28 November 2022

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northern territory of australia

As in force at 28 November 2022

CORONERS act 1993

An Act to provide for the office of coroner, the holding of inquests into the manner and cause of deaths, inquiring into the cause and origin of disasters and for related purposes

Part 1Preliminary matters 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Coroners Act 1993.

2Commencement

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3Definitions

In this Act:

Attorney-General means the Minister responsible for the Agency administering this Act.

Chief Executive Officer, see section 3(1) of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993.

coroner includes a deputy coroner.

death includes suspected death.

disaster means an occurrence due to natural or other causes that:

  • (a)

    causes or threatens to cause:

    • (i)

      substantial loss of life or property; or

    • (ii)

      substantial injury to persons or property; or

  • (b)

    in any way substantially endangers the safety of the public in any part of the Territory.

disposal, in relation to a body, includes burial, cremation and any other process for the disposal of human remains under the Burial and Cremation Act 2022.

investigation includes an inquest.

married includes being in a de facto relationship.

person held in care, see section 12(1).

person held in custody, see section 12(1).

reportable death means a death mentioned in section 12(1).

senior next of kin, in relation to a deceased person, means:

  • (a)

    where a person was, immediately before death, married – the person’s spouse; or

  • (b)

    where the person was not, immediately before death, married or, if married, the spouse is not available – the person’s son or daughter of or over 18 years; or

  • (c)

    where a spouse, son or daughter is not available – the person’s parent; or

  • (d)

    where a spouse, son, daughter or parent is not available – the person’s brother or sister of or over 18 years; or

  • (e)

    where a person is an Aborigine – a person who, according to the customs and tradition of the community or group to which the person belongs, is an appropriate person; or

  • (f)

    where paragraphs (a) to (e) do not apply or a person who would be the senior next of kin under those paragraphs is not available – a person who immediately before the death of the deceased person had a relationship with the deceased person that, in the opinion of the coroner, is sufficient for the purpose of being the senior next of kin.

spouse includes a person’s de facto partner.

Part 2Coroners 4Coroners
  • (1)

    There is an office of coroner.

  • (2)

    The Administrator may appoint a Local Court Judge to be the Territory Coroner.

  • (3)

    A person who is a Local Court Judge is a coroner.

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