Interested persons for the purposes of section 44(3)
17 Interested persons for the purposes of section 44(3)
The following persons are interested persons for the purposes of section 44(3) of the Act —
a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent or other personal representative of the deceased person;
any of the deceased person’s next of kin under section 37(5) of the Act;
a beneficiary under a policy of insurance issued on the life of the deceased person;
an insurer who issued such a policy of insurance;
a person whose act or omission, or the act or omission of an agent or servant of that person, may in the opinion of the coroner have caused, or contributed to, the death of the deceased person;
a person appointed by an organization of employees to which the deceased person belonged at the time of death, if the death of the deceased person may have been caused by an injury received in the course of employment or by an industrial disease;
the Commissioner of Police appointed under the Police Act 1892.
[Regulation 17 amended: Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2600.]
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