Powers of entry etc.
19 Powers of entry etc.
(1) A coroner who has jurisdiction to investigate a death may, with such assistance as the coroner thinks fit:
(a) enter, if necessary with such force as is reasonable, and inspect a place and anything in it; and
take a copy of a document relevant to an investigation; and
(c) take possession of a thing that the coroner reasonably believes is relevant to an investigation and keep it until the investigation is finished.
(2) A coroner may, in writing, authorise a police officer, at or between specified times or during a specified period, to do one or more of the following:
(a) enter, if necessary with such force as is reasonable, a specified place;
inspect a specified place and any thing in it;
take a copy of specified documents or classes of documents;
take possession of specified things or classes of things.
(3) A police officer must, on request, produce a copy of the authority mentioned in subsection (2) to the owner or occupier of the place or the person in possession of the document or thing inspected, copied or taken.
(4) A coroner may release a thing kept under subsection (2)(d) and may require a person to whom the thing is released to give an undertaking to comply with a reasonable condition of release and the person must comply with the undertaking.
Maximum penalty for an offence against this subsection:
40 penalty units.
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