Coroners Act 2006 No 38 (as at 24 January 2009), Public Act

95 Inquiry if coroner has failed or refused to open one
  • (1) If satisfied that an inquiry is necessary or desirable and that the coroner by whom the inquiry should be opened has failed or refused to open one, the Solicitor-General or the High Court may order an inquiry to be opened; and in that case an inquiry must be opened and conducted.

    (2) This section is subject to clause 15 of Schedule 3.

    Compare: 1988 No 111 s 40(2)