Coroners
Reference received: 9 June 1967
Report
Report 22: The Coroners Act 1960 [PDF, 1Mb], June 1975
Tabled in parliament: 20 June 1975
Legislative action: Coroners Act 1980; Child Welfare (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980; Coal Mines Regulation (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980; Fire Brigades (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980; Jury (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980; Liquor (Amendment) Act 1980; Physiotherapists Registration (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980; Prisons (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980; Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980
Judicial citation: Maksimovic v Walsh [1983] 2 NSWLR 656 at 663; Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Waller (1985) 1 NSWLR 1 at 16; Attorney-General v Maksimovich (1985) 4 NSWLR 300 at 303; Gill v Glass (NSW SC, No 5195/87, Young J, 17; December 1987, unreported) at 5, 6, 10 Decker v State Coroner of NSW(1999) 46 NSWLR 415 at para 18, 20; Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Abernethy [1999] NSWSC 820 at para 9
Terms of reference
To review the law relating to coroners and incidental matters.