Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2014 (NO. 1 OF 2014) - SECT 17

Section 35 (1), penalty and note

substitute

        (c)     has considered information about the deceased person's medical history and the circumstances of the deceased person's death and is able to form an opinion as to the probable cause of death.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

Examples––par (c)

              •     examining medical records or speaking to the deceased person's treating doctor

              •     account of someone who was with the deceased person when the person died or who discovered the deceased person's body

Note 1     If a form is approved under s 69 for a notice, the form must be used.

Note 2     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act

, s 126 and s 132).

Part 4     Coroners Act 1997