Coroners Act 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Inquiries Into Death
40. Adjournment of inquiry when commission or committee appointed under Inquiries Act 2007
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inquiry
“inquiry” means an inquiry into any death held by a Coroner under Part 6;
Where a Coroner resumes his or her inquiry after the conclusion of the inquiry by the commission or committee mentioned in subsection (1), the Coroner is to continue with his or her inquiry from the stage at which it was adjourned, and may have regard to any report or finding by the commission or committee which the Coroner considers relevant to his or her inquiry.
Coroner
“Coroner” means a Coroner appointed under section 3(1), and includes the State Coroner;
If, having regard to the report of the inquiry by the commission or committee mentioned in subsection (1), there has been a finding in that inquiry as to the cause of and circumstances connected with the death, and the Coroner decides not to resume his or her inquiry, the Coroner is to —
endorse the Coroner’s record and the certificate required under section 42 accordingly; and
send to the Public Prosecutor and the Commissioner of Police each a copy of the certificate mentioned in section 42.