Coroners Act 2003

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

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any other coroner appointed under Part

for the release of the body of the dead person from the control of the coroner; or

for the disposal of human remains in respect of the body of the dead person;

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was being detained in any place within the State under any Act or law, including any Act or law providing for home detention (and, for the purposes of this paragraph, a detainee who is absent from the place of his or her detention but is in the custody of an escort will be regarded as being in detention, but not otherwise); or

was in the process of being apprehended or was being held—

at any place (whether within or outside the State)—by a person authorised to do so under any Act or law of the State; or

at any place within the State—by a person authorised to do so under the law of any other jurisdiction; or

was evading apprehension by a person referred to in paragraph (b);

was escaping or attempting to escape from any place or person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

a police officer; or

a person appointed under this Act to be an investigator;

by unexpected, unnatural, unusual, violent or unknown cause; or

on an aircraft during a flight, or on a vessel during a voyage; or

in custody; or

that occurs during or as a result, or within 24 hours, of—

the carrying out of a surgical procedure or an invasive medical or diagnostic procedure; or

the administration of an anaesthetic for the purposes of carrying out such a procedure, not being a procedure specified by the regulations to be a procedure to which this paragraph does not apply;

that occurs at a place other than a hospital but within 24 hours of—

the person having been discharged from a hospital after being an inpatient of the hospital; or

the person having sought emergency treatment at a hospital; or

where the person was, at the time of death—

a protected person under the Aged and Infirm Persons' Property Act 1940 or the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993;

in the custody or under the guardianship of the Minister or Chief

a patient in an approved treatment centre under the Mental

a resident of a licensed supported residential facility under the

accommodated in a hospital or other treatment facility for the purposes of being treated for drug addiction; or

that occurs in the course or as a result, or within 24 hours, of the person receiving medical treatment to which consent has been given under Part 5 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993 or Part 2A of the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995;

where no certificate as to the cause of death¹ has been given to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; or

that occurs in circumstances prescribed by the regulations;

the sea that is within the adjacent area in respect of the State (as defined for the purposes of the Coastal

the airspace above that sea;

that occurred in the State; or

where the place of death is unknown but it is reasonably possible that the death occurred in the State; or

where the body of the person is in the State; or

a cause of which occurred, or possibly occurred, in the State; or

where, at the time of death, the person was ordinarily a resident in the

in the case of a death on an aircraft or vessel—where the flight or voyage was to a place of disembarkation in the State.

For the purposes of this Act, the death of a person is not reportable if—

the person dies outside of the State; and

a coroner under a corresponding law has issued a corresponding authorisation in respect of the body of the dead person.

For the purposes of this Act, the death of a person is not reportable if the death occurs as a result of the administration of a voluntary assisted dying substance in accordance with the Voluntary

For the purposes of this Act, a reference to the circumstances of an event may be taken to include matters related to or arising out of the event or its aftermath.