Inquests concerning deaths or suspected deaths
21 Inquests concerning deaths or suspected deaths
A coroner has jurisdiction to hold an inquest concerning the death or suspected death of a person if it appears to the coroner that—
the person’s death is (or there is reasonable cause to suspect that the person’s death is) a reportable death, or
a medical practitioner has not given (or there is reasonable cause to suspect that a medical practitioner has not given) a certificate as to the cause of death.
The reference to a medical practitioner in subsection (1)(b) includes, if it appears to the coroner that the death or suspected death occurred at a place outside the State, a reference to a person entitled under the law in force in that place to issue a certificate as to the cause of death.
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