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Coroners Amendment Act 2003

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as at 1 July 2007

Coroners Amendment Act 2003

Public Act 2003 No 67
Date of assent 21 October 2003

  • Coroners Amendment Act 2003: repealed, on 1 July 2007, pursuant to section 143 of the Coroners Act 2006 (2006 No 38).

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

Contents

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

  • (1) This Act is the Coroners Amendment Act 2003.

    (2) In this Act, the Coroners Act 1988 is called “the principal Act”.

2 Commencement

  • This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Interpretation

  • (1) Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, in their appropriate alphabetical order, the following definitions:

    “Minister means the Minister of the Crown who, under the authority of a warrant or with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act

    “responsible department means the department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act”.

    (2) The definition of Secretary in section 2 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Department for Courts:”, and substituting the words “responsible department.”.

4 Inquests to be before coroner alone

  • Section 21(2) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “of the Crown who is responsible for the Department for Courts”.

5 Retirement of coroners and deputies

  • Section 33(6) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “of Justice”.

6 Information held in Department of Justice

  • (1) The heading to section 44 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Department of Justice”, and substituting the words “responsible department”.

    (2) Section 44 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsection (3), and substituting the following subsection:

    • “(3) Subject to subsection (2), the availability of documents given to the Secretary under this Act must be determined,—

      • “(a) in the case of a request made by the individual to whom the information relates, in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993; or

      • “(b) in any other case, in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982.”

Contents

  • 1General

  • 2About this eprint

  • 3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

Notes
1 General

  • This is an eprint of the Coroners Amendment Act 2003. It incorporates all the amendments to the Coroners Amendment Act 2003 as at 1 July 2007. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 30 June 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.

2 About this eprint

  • This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about officialisation, please see "Making online legislation official" under "Status of legislation on this site" in the About section of this website.

3 List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
Act Repealed Latest version as at 01 July 2007 (as enacted)

Coroners Amendment Act 2003

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