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In forceCoroners' jurisdiction to investigate deaths
Part 4Investigation of deaths
Division 1Coroners' general powers and duties
14 Coroners' jurisdiction to investigate deaths
(1)
A coroner has jurisdiction to investigate a death if it appears to the coroner that the death is or may be a reportable death.
(2)
A coroner to whom a death is reported must, if it appears to the coroner that the death is or may be a reportable death, investigate it.
(3)
A coroner need not investigate a death if an investigation or inquest is held in a State or another Territory.
(4)
A coroner may direct that more than one death be investigated at one inquest.
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