Coroners (Amendment) Act 1993 Proclamation re commencement (1994-18) [GG No 24 of 21.1.1994] (NSW)

1994—No. 18

CORONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 NO. 79—

PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[ P u b l i s h e d in G a z e t t e No. 24 o f 21 January 1994]

By deputation from
His Excellency

A. M. Gleeson the Governor.

I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, A.C., Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1993, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 February 1994 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

• section 5;
• Schedule 1 (1), (2), (5), (7), (15), (17) (a), (b), (e) (except so

much of item (17) (e) as would insert proposed section 12A (2A)) and (f), (18)-(34), (35) (a) and (b), (36) (b), (38), (39) (C), (40)-(43) and (45)-(51), and section 3 in its application to those provisions;

• Schedule 2 (1) and (2) (a), and section 4 in its application to those

provisions.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 19th day of January 1994.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN HANNAFORD

Attorney General, and Minister for Justice.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

1994-No. 18

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Proclamation commences the main part of the Coroners (Amendment) Act

1993. The amendments to be commenced relate generally to the jurisdiction and
functions of coroners and the practices and procedures to be followed at coroners’
inquests and inquiries.

Certain amendments contained in that Act relating to the appointment of up to two Deputy State Coroners commenced on 1 January 1994. The amendments relating to the appointment and functions of the position of Assistant Coroner remain uncommenced.