New Zealand Legislation: Acts

64 Duties of coroner who decides not to open inquiry

• (1) A coroner who decides not to open an inquiry into a death must notify the Secretary, in the prescribed form, of the decision.

  (2) The prescribed form must contain or have attached to it (as the case requires) the prescribed information (which must include the coroner's reasons for the decision).

  (3) The prescribed form must also be accompanied by a written statement as to the identity of the person concerned and that—

  • (a) is signed by the person making it; and

  • (b) shows that the person's signature has been witnessed either by a member of the police or by a person (not being a member of the police) the coroner authorised to witness that signature.

  Compare: 1988 No 111 s 20(2)