Coroners Regulation 2000 (NSW)

1Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Coroners Regulation 2000.

2Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 August 2000.

3Definitions

In this Regulation:

normal working hours means the period between 9 am and 6 pm on any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

the Act means the Coroners Act 1980.

4Notes

The explanatory note and table of contents do not form part of this Regulation.

5Composition of juries for inquests concerning mining accidents at Broken Hill: section 18(1)

For the purposes of section 18 (3) of the Act, the 6 persons summoned for jury service at an inquest concerning a death or suspected death caused (or suspected by the coroner of having been caused) by an explosion or accident in or about a mine situated wholly or partly in the Broken Hill Jury District are to be summoned for jury service by the coroner.

(2)

The persons to be summoned for jury service:

• (a)

  are to be selected from the persons who are qualified and liable to serve as jurors within the Broken Hill Jury District, and

• (b)

  must include at least 3 persons who are not employed in, or in the management of, a mine.

(3)

A person who is summoned for jury service in accordance with this clause must comply with the summons.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

6Coronial Medical Officers: section 47A

The Director-General of the Department of Health may appoint such medical practitioners as the Director-General is satisfied are suitably qualified to be Coronial Medical Officers for the purposes of the Act.

7Fees payable to medical practitioners and odontologists: section 52

For the purposes of section 52 of the Act, the fees payable to a medical practitioner or an odontologist who performs a service in accordance with an order or request referred to in that section are as set out in Schedule 1.

8Repeal(1)

The Coroners Regulation 1994 is repealed.

(2)

Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Coroners Regulation 1994, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.

Schedule 1Fees payable to medical practitioners and odontologists

(Clause 7)

Service performed	Fee
1	For carrying out, and preparing a report on, an external examination of a dead person’s body by a medical practitioner, or a dental examination of a dead person by an odontologist:
(a) during normal working hours	$53.60
(b) outside normal working hours	$69.70
2	For carrying out, and preparing a report on, an internal examination of the 3 cavities of a dead person’s body by a medical practitioner	$500
3	For travelling to and from, and attending and giving evidence at, a place at which an inquest is being held with respect to an examination referred to in item 1 or 2:
(a) for the first 2 hours or part of 2 hours	$177.90
(b) for each subsequent half hour or part of a half hour	$26.80
(c) the maximum amount payable under paragraphs (a) and (b) for any one day	$547.40
4	For using a private motor vehicle for the purpose of travelling to a place to carry out an examination referred to in item 1 or 2, or to give evidence at an inquest with respect to the examination, for each kilometre travelled to that place	$0.97
5	In addition to any such specified amount, the fee is to include the amount of any GST that is payable in respect of the service concerned.
6	Item 5 does not permit the payment of an amount that is greater than: (a) 10% of the amount of the fee payable (apart from that item), or (b) the amount permitted under the New Tax System Price Exploitation law, whichever is the lesser.
7	In items 5 and 6: GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth. New Tax System Price Exploitation law means: (a) the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code, as applied as a law of New South Wales by the Price Exploitation Code (New South Wales) Act 1999, or (b) Part VB of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth.