Review of the Coroners Act 2009

What's this about?

The NSW Attorney General is reviewing the Coroners Act 2009 pursuant to section 109 of that Act. The purpose of the review is to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the legislation remain appropriate for securring those objectives.

The policy objectives of the Act include to:

• enable coroners to investigate certain deaths and make coronial recommendations
• enable coroners to invesitgate certain fires and explosions that destroy or damage property
• enable coroners to make recommendations in relation to matters in connection with an inquest of inquiry
• provide for certain kinds of deaths or suspected deaths to be reported and to prevent death certificates being issued in relation to certain reportable deaths, and
• prohibit the disposal of human remains without appropriate authority.

The Act can be viewed at the NSW legislation website.

The Department of Justice invited interested individuals organisations to make written submissions to the review. Submissions are now closed.

The Review is now complete. The completed report can be found here.