Coroners Act Amendment Act 1976 (Qld)

129 ANNO VICESIMO QUINTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 17 of 1976 An Act to amend the CoronersAct 1958-1972 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 15TH APRIL, 1976] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (I) This Act may be cited as the Coroners Act Amendment Act 1976. (2) In this Act the Coroners Act1958-1972 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Coroners Act1958-1976.

130 Coroners Act Amendment Act 1976, No. 17 2. Amendment of s. 5 . Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition " medical practitioner" and substituting the following definition:- medical practitioner "-A medical practitioner or a specialist within the meaning of section 4 of the Medical Act1939-1973 or within the meaning of a corresponding law of another State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth; " 3. Amendment of s. 24. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended by, in provision (iv)- (a) omitting the words " wilful murder,"; and (b) inserting after the word " manslaughter " the words ", the offence of dangerous driving of a motor vehicle causing death as set forth in section 328A of The Criminal Code ". 4. Amendment of s. 35. Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) the second paragraph. 5. Amendment of s. 41. Section 41 of the Principal Act is amended by, in provision (i) of subsection (1)- (a) omitting the words " wilful murder,"; and (b) inserting after the word " manslaughter " the words ", the offence of dangerous driving of a motor vehicle causing death as set forth in section 328A of The Criminal Code ". 6. New s . 52A. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 52 the following section- 52A. Penalty for taking or publishing photographs at inquests. (1) Every person who, while an inquest is being held or immediately before or immediately after the holding of an inquest or during any adjournment of an inquest, by means of a camera takes a photograph (whether a movie or a still)- (a) in the room or other place in which the inquest is being, is about to be or has been held; or (b) in a room or place for the time being set apart for a purpose connected with the holding of the inquest; or (c) in an entrance or passageway leading to or from any room or place referred to in provision (a) or (b), commits an offence against this Act unless he takes the photograph with and in accordance with the consent, first had and obtained, of the coroner who is to conduct, has conducted or, as the case may be, is conducting the inquest. Penalty: $400 or imprisonment for one month. (2) Every person who publishes a photograph taken in such circumstances as to constitute an offence defined in subsection (I) commits an offence against this Act. Penalty: $400 or imprisonment for one month.". 7. Amendment of s. 55. Section 55 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) numbering the existing provisions as subsection (1);

Coroners Act Amendment Act 1976, No. 17 131 (b) adding the following subsection:- " (2) 19 addition to any other mode of service thereof provided by the Justices Acts a summons issued pursuant to this Act shall be properly served upon the person to whom it is directed if it is served by posting (by means of registered post) a copy thereof addressed to him at his place of business or residence last known to the person who serves the summons a reasonable time before the date on which the person is by the summons required to appear.".