New Zealand Legislation: Acts

61 Deaths where coroner may decide not to open inquiries

• (1) The coroner to whom a death has been reported under section 15(2)(a) or section 16(2)(b) may decide not to open an inquiry into it if satisfied that—

  • (a) the death occurred outside New Zealand, or was caused by matters arising outside New Zealand; and

  • (b) an inquiry or investigation into it has been or will be conducted outside New Zealand.

  (2) The coroner to whom a death has been reported under section 15(2)(a) or section 16(2)(b) may decide not to open an inquiry into it if satisfied that the death occurred outside New Zealand, and otherwise than on or from—

  • (a) an aircraft registered in New Zealand under the Civil Aviation Act 1990; or

  • (b) a New Zealand ship (as defined in section 2(1) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994); or

  • (c) an aircraft or ship of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 2(1) of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971).

  (3) This section is subject to sections 95 to 97 (inquiries or further inquiries ordered by Solicitor-General or High Court).

  Compare: 1988 No 111 s 18