part or parts of the corpse or remains of a human being— but does not include tissue removed from the corpse of a human being; means a person under the age of 18 years; S. 3(1) def. of coroner amended by No. 5/2013 s. 57(1). coroner means— State Coroner; Deputy State Coroner; magistrate or reserve magistrate engaged under section 9C of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 assigned to be a coroner of the Coroners Court under section 93; person appointed as an acting coroner of the under section 94; Coroners Court means the Coroners Court of Victoria; Council the Coronial Council of established under Part 9; s. 3 Country Fire Authority means the Country Fire Authority established under the Country Fire Authority Act 1958; includes suspected death; Notes
identification direction means a direction given by a coroner under section 24; identification procedure means any procedure performed in accordance with an identification direction; immediate family in relation to a deceased person, means spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, sibling, executor, personal representative or a person determined to be the senior next of kin under subsection (3); inquest means a public inquiry that is held by the in respect of a death or a fire; Institute means the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine established under the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Act 1985; interstate coroner means a coroner of another State or Territory; interested party in relation to an inquest, means a person granted leave under section 56 to appear at the inquest; S. 3(1) def. of judicial registrar inserted by No. 34/2010 s. 41. judicial registrar means a judicial registrar of the appointed under Division 1A of Part 8; medical examination means a preliminary examination, an identification procedure or an autopsy; medical investigator
a spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, sibling, executor or personal representative is not available—a person determined to be the senior next of kin under subsection (3); sibling in relation to a person includes a half-sister, adoptive brother, adoptive sister, step-brother or step-sister of the person; spouse of a person means a person to whom that person is married; s. 3 State Coroner means the State Coroner of the appointed under section 91; the rules means rules of the ; tissue has the same meaning as in the Human Tissue Act 1982. (2) For the purposes of the definition of domestic partner in subsection (1)— relationship has the same meaning as in the Relationships Act 2008; and determining whether persons who are not in a registered relationship are domestic partners of each other, all the circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account, including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 35(2) of the
matters to be included in the Council's annual report; and fees payable in respect of the provision of copies of documents by the to a person; and prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act. s. 117 (2) Regulations made under this Act may be made so as to confer a discretionary function on a specified court officer or a specified class of court officer or the Institute. (3) A power conferred by subsection (1) to make regulations providing for the imposition of fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters— fees; fees; fees; that vary according to value or time; manner of payment of fees; (f) the time or times at which fees are to be paid. (4) A power conferred by this Act to make regulations may be exercised— in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to all those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in