Purposes
1 Purposes
The purposes of this Act are—
to require the reporting of certain deaths; and
to provide for coroners to investigate deaths and fires in specified circumstances; and
to contribute to the reduction of the number of preventable deaths and fires through the findings of the investigation of deaths and fires, and the making of recommendations, by coroners; and
to establish the Coroners Court of Victoria as a specialist inquisitorial court; and
to establish the Coronial Council of Victoria; and
S. 1(f) repealed by No. 34/2024 s. 45.
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to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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