Coroners Act 2003

This section applies to—

the purported appointment, at any time before the commencement of this section, of the State Coroner to act as Deputy Chief Magistrate; and

the purported acting, at any time before the commencement of this section, of the State Coroner as Chief Magistrate under the Magistrates Act 1991, section 14(b) while purportedly appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate.

The purported appointment or purported acting is taken to have been valid and always to have been valid.

Every decision or order made, sentence imposed or anything done by the State Coroner—

while purportedly appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate; or

while purportedly acting as Chief Magistrate under the Magistrates Act 1991, section 14(b) while purportedly appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate;