New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) A coroner may cause to be made by other persons any investigations or examinations, or commission from them any reports, medical or otherwise, the coroner thinks proper—
(a) for the purpose of deciding whether to open an inquiry; or
(b) if the coroner is to open an inquiry, or has opened and not completed one.
(2) Before acting under this section, a coroner must have regard to any relevant practice notes issued under section 132 by the chief coroner.
(3) This section does not limit or affect a coroner's powers under any other enactment, for example, under section 28 (coroner may call for report on fatal accident) of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Compare: 1988 No 111 s 12