Coroners (Amendment) Act 1986 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Coroners (Amendment) Ordinance 1986

No. 70 of 1986

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 22 October 1986.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

LIONEL BOWEN

Attorney-General

An Ordinance to amend the Coroners Ordinance 1956

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Coroners (Amendment) Ordinance 1986.¹

Commencement

2.  This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by the Minister of State for Territories by notice in the Gazette.

Recording of proceedings

3.  Section 29 of the Coroners Ordinance 1956² is amended by omitting paragraph (2) (c) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(c)sub-section 54A (5A) applies as if the proceedings at an inquest or inquiry were proceedings referred to in that sub-section;”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1986.

2. No. 14, 1956 as amended by No. 5, 1965; No. 2, 1967; No. 49, 1973; Nos. 15 and 47, 1974; No, 65, 1977; No. 46, 1978; No. 5, 1980; No. 67, 1985.