Coroners Amendment Regulations 2019 (Vic)

Coroners Amendment Regulations 2019

S.R. No. 9/2019

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4New regulation 8A inserted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2019

S.R. No. 9/2019

Coroners Act 2008

Coroners Amendment Regulations 2019

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 26 February 2019

Responsible Minister:

JILL HENNESSY
Attorney-General

PIETA TAVROU

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Coroners Regulations 2009 to prescribe the particulars the principal registrar must notify the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages of when a coroner determines that a death is not reportable.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 117 of the Coroners Act 2008.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 3 March 2019.

4New regulation 8A inserted

After regulation 8 of the Coroners Regulations 2009[1] insert—

"8A   Particulars to be provided if a coroner determines that a reported death is not a reportable death

For the purposes of section 16(6) of the Act, the prescribed particulars the principal registrar must notify the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages of are—

(a)the deceased's full name; and

(b)the deceased's date of birth (or age at the deceased's last birthday); and

(c)the cause of death; and

(d)the date and place of death; and

(e)the gender of the deceased; and

(f)whether or not the deceased was a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, if known; and

(g)the full name and address of the deceased's next of kin, if known; and

(h)the full name and address of the funeral director or other person arranging for the disposal of the human remains, if known.".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 120/2009 as amended by S.R. No. 159/2014.