Coroners Act 2006

Schedule 5
Consequential amendments

s 146

Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 (1971 No 53)

Section 175(3): omit “Coroners Act 1988” and substitute “Coroners Act 2006”.

Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 34)

Schedule: repeal so much as relates to section 175 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971.

Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (1995 No 16)

Definition of coroner's order in section 2: omit “order by” and substitute “authorisation by”.

Definition of coroner's order in section 2: omit “disposal” and substitute “release”.

Section 37(3): repeal and substitute:

  • “(3) If a death must under section 14(2) of the Coroners Act 2006 be reported to the New Zealand Police because it is one to which section 13 (except subsection (1)(b)) of that Act applies, or has been reported to a coroner under section 15(2)(a) or section 16(2)(b) of that Act, a doctor must not give a doctor's certificate for the death under subsection (1) unless a coroner has decided not to open an inquiry into the death.”

Section 38(1): omit “Notwithstanding that a death may have been reported to the police under section 4 of the Coroners Act 1988,” and substitute “Even though a death may have been reported to the New Zealand Police under section 14 of the Coroners Act 2006,”.

Section 38(1)(f): omit “Coroners Act 1988 requires an inquest to be held” and substitute “Coroners Act 2006 requires an inquiry to be conducted”.

Section 38(2): omit “under section 4 of the Coroners Act 1988” and substitute “to a coroner under section 15(2)(a) or section 16(2)(b) of the Coroners Act 2006”.

Section 40(2)(b)(ii): omit “authorised” and substitute “directed”.

Section 48(2): omit “inquest” and substitute “inquiry”.

Burial and Cremation Act 1964 (1964 No 75)

Section 46A(c): repeal and substitute:

  • “(c) a coroner's authorisation for the release of the child.”

Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 (1989 No 24)

Schedule 2: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121)

Section 48: repeal.

Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50)

Schedule 2: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Part 1 of Schedule 4: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115)

Schedule: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Department of Justice (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 39)

Schedule 1: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

District Courts Act 1947 (1947 No 16)

Insert after section 7(1):

  • “(1A) To avoid doubt, a Judge may be removed under subsection (1) for inability or misbehaviour related to the exercise, contemplated by section 8(d), of the judicial authority conferred on a coroner by the Coroners Act 2006.”

Evidence Act 1908 (1908 No 56)

Section 23B(1)(c): omit “inquest” and substitute “inquiry”.

Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982 (1982 No 118)

Section 45(2): omit “inquest or”.

Health Act 1956 (1956 No 65)

Section 84(1)(a): repeal and substitute:

  • “(a) provide, equip, and maintain places for the reception of dead bodies (mortuaries) pending the carrying out of any post-mortem examination or until removal for interment, and provide facilities for carrying out in the mortuaries post-mortems authorised or directed under the Coroners Act 2006 or under any other enactment and for making good for burial dead bodies on which post-mortems of that kind have been carried out:”.

Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 (2001 No 93)

Section 31(5)(c): omit “Coroners Act 1988” and substitute “Coroners Act 2006”.

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48)

Section 67(b)(iv): omit “Coroners Act 1988” and substitute “Coroners Act 2006”.

Section 100(2)(a)(iv): omit “Coroners Act 1988” and substitute “Coroners Act 2006”.

Schedule 4: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Human Tissue Act 1964 (1964 No 19)

[Item(s) repealed]

Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (1992 No 46)

Schedule 3: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 140)

Section 79: repeal.

Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3)

Schedule 1: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Remuneration Authority Act 1977 (1977 No 110)

Section 12B(1)(e): repeal and substitute:

  • “(e) the Associate Judges of the High Court; and

  • “(f) the chief coroner and the other coroners (other than a person who (under section 8(d) of the District Courts Act 1947) is a coroner by virtue of holding office as a District Court Judge).”

Transport Accident Investigation Commission Act 1990 (1990 No 99)

Section 14N(a): omit “inquest” and substitute “inquiry”.

Visiting Forces Act 2004 (2004 No 59)

Heading to section 19: omit “Inquests” and substitute “Inquiries”.

Section 19(1) and (6): omit “section 5 of the Coroners Act 1988” in both places where it occurs and substitute in each case “section 15(2)(a) or section 16(2)(b) of the Coroners Act 2006”.

Section 19(1)(a) and (b): repeal and substitute:

  • “(a) if the coroner has not opened an inquiry into the death, he or she must not open an inquiry into the death:

  • “(b) if an inquiry has been opened but is not then completed, the coroner must adjourn the inquiry.”

Section 19(4)(b): repeal and substitute:

  • “(b) the provisions of the Coroners Act 2006, except section 25 (which relates to viewing, touching, or remaining with or near the body).”

Section 19(6)(a): repeal and substitute:

  • “(a) if the coroner has not opened an inquiry into the death, he or she must not open an inquiry into the death until the criminal or disciplinary proceedings against the person have been finally concluded:”.

Section 19(6)(b): omit “inquest” in both places where it occurs and substitute in each case “inquiry”.

Schedule 2: repeal so much as relates to the Coroners Act 1988.

Schedule 5 Human Tissue Act 1964: item(s) repealed, on 1 November 2008, by section 92 of the Human Tissue Act 2008 (2008 No 28).