Reports
27 Reports
The State Coroner must report annually to the Attorney General on the deaths which have been investigated in each year, including a specific report on the death of each person held in care.
The Attorney General is to cause a report submitted under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of Parliament within 12 sitting days of such House after its receipt by him or her.
The State Coroner may make recommendations to the Attorney General on any matter connected with a death which a coroner investigated, including public health or safety, the death of a person held in care or the administration of justice.
Where a recommendation made under subsection (3) regarding a death of a person held in care is relevant to the operation of an agency, the State Coroner must inform that agency in writing of the recommendation.
A coroner may report to —
the Director of Public Prosecutions if the coroner believes that an indictable offence has been committed in connection with a death which the coroner investigated; or
the Commissioner of Police if the coroner believes that a simple offence has been committed in connection with a death which the coroner investigated.
[Section 27 amended: No. 15 of 2003 s. 10.]
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