Coroners Act 2003

This section contains particular provisions limiting access to investigation documents under an arrangement under section 54A.

Before giving the family and child commissioner access to an investigation document, the State Coroner must ensure that all information in the document that identifies anyone is obliterated.

However, the State Coroner need not obliterate information if the State Coroner reasonably believes the person’s identity is necessary for the family and child commissioner’s child death research functions.

If the investigation document is a police document and the State Coroner decides under subsection (3) not to obliterate information that identifies someone, the State Coroner may give access to the document only if the commissioner of the police service agrees to the document being accessed under the arrangement.

If the investigation document is not a coronial document for an investigation under this Act or a police document, the State Coroner may give access to the document only if the chief executive of the entity that prepared the document agrees to the document being accessed under the arrangement.

In this section—investigation document includes a document obtained under the Coroners Act 1958 that is similar in nature to an investigation document as defined in schedule 2.