Coroners Act 2009

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the provisions of section 24 of the Local Court Act 2007 are taken to apply to coronial proceedings as if any reference in those provisions to the Local Court or Judge were a reference to the coroner or assistant coroner conducting the coronial proceedings.

An assistant coroner conducting coronial proceedings cannot exercise a power conferred by subsection (1) to deal with a contempt or alleged contempt in the proceedings, but must instead refer the matter to a coroner for determination.

A coroner to whom a contempt matter in coronial proceedings is referred under subsection (2) may determine the matter as if the contempt or alleged contempt had been committed while the coroner was conducting the proceedings.