Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsaccessing a document includes getting a copy of the document.
appointed coroner see section 83.
ATSI family member, for a deceased person who was an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander, means a person who is an appropriate person according to the tradition or custom of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community to which the deceased person belonged.
attending doctor of a deceased person means a doctor who attended the deceased person professionally—
(a) at or immediately before the deceased person's death; or
(b) during the deceased person's last illness.
autopsy certificate means an autopsy certificate mentioned in section 24A(3)(a).
autopsy notice means an autopsy notice mentioned in section 24A(2)(a).
autopsy report means a written report prepared by a doctor, including a preliminary report, to record information about the autopsy on a deceased person, including for example—
(a) the results of any tests that were conducted as part of the autopsy; or
(b) the cause of the person's death.
body means—
(a) a human body; or
(b) part of a human body.
burial includes cremation or other lawful disposal, either in Queensland or elsewhere.
cause of death certificate means—
(a) a cause of death certificate under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003; or
(b) a similar certificate issued under a law of another State or country that is similar in effect to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003.
chief executive (child safety) means the chief executive of the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered.
child death research functions, for the children's commissioner, means the functions set out in the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000, chapter 6, part 2.
children's commissioner means the Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian appointed under the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000.
comment includes a recommendation.
confidential document means a document containing, or the part of a document that contains, information obtained under any of the following provisions—
(a) section 17;
(b) the Child Protection Act 1999, section 159P;
(c) the Public Health Act 2005, section 56 or 86.
coroner means—
(a) the State Coroner; or
(b) the Deputy State Coroner; or
(c) a local coroner; or
(d) an appointed coroner.
coronial document means a document prepared for an investigation, other than a record, or a copy of a record, of an inquest made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962.
Examples—
• an autopsy certificate, autopsy notice or autopsy report
• a report from a police officer helping a coroner about the investigation into a reportable death
• a record of the coroner's findings and comments
death in care see section 9.
death in custody see section 10.
deputy registrar means a person who holds an appointment as a deputy registrar under section 85.
direction see section 14.
document includes part of a document.
exhume a body includes remove a body from a tomb.
family member, of a deceased person, means—
(a) if the coroner investigating the death becomes aware of a document satisfying the coroner that the deceased person's wish would have been that a particular person be the deceased person's family member for this Act—the particular person; or
Example of document for paragraph (a)—
an advance health directive under the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 appointing the particular person as the deceased person's attorney
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—
(i) a spouse of the deceased person; or
(ii) if a spouse is not reasonably available—an adult child of the deceased person; or
(iii) if a spouse or adult child is not reasonably available—a parent of the deceased person; or
(iv) if a spouse, adult child or parent is not reasonably available—an adult sibling of the deceased person; or
(v) if a spouse, adult child, parent or adult sibling is not reasonably available—an adult who, immediately before the deceased person's death, had a relationship with the deceased person that the coroner investigating the death considers is sufficient for being a family member of the deceased person for this Act; or
(vi) if the deceased person was an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander and a spouse, adult child, parent or adult sibling is not reasonably available—an ATSI family member.
government entity see the Public Service Act 2008, section 24.
guideline see section 14.
health care related death see section 10AA.
health chief executive means the chief executive of the department in which the Health Services Act 1991 is administered.
health procedure means a dental, medical, surgical or other health related procedure, including for example the administration of an anaesthetic, analgesic, sedative or other drug.
human body includes the body of a stillborn child.
indigenous burial remains means—
(a) Aboriginal human remains as defined in the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003; or
(b) Torres Strait Islander human remains as defined in the Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Act 2003.
inquest means a coronial inquest.
investigation includes—
(a) a preliminary investigation by a coroner to decide, for section 11(2)(a), whether a death is a reportable death; and
(b) the holding of an inquest.
investigation document, for an investigation under this Act, means—
(a) a confidential document; or
(b) a coronial document; or
(c) a police document; or
(d) another document or part of a document connected to the investigation that the coroner obtains under this Act; or
(e) a document connected to the investigation that is given, under the Child Protection Act 1999, section 246H, to the State Coroner for use by a coroner; or
(f) a document connected to the investigation that is given, under the Ombudsman Act 2001, section 57A, to the State Coroner for use by a coroner.
local coroner see section 82.
medical procedure means a diagnostic or surgical procedure.
non-Queensland coroner, in relation to a death, means a person who holds a position equivalent to a coroner at the place where the death happened.
non-Queensland coroner's release certificate means a certificate that—
(a) authorises the release of the body; and
(b) is given by a non-Queensland coroner.
not reasonably available, in relation to a family member of a deceased person, means—
(a) a family member of that particular type does not exist; or
(b) the family member can not be reasonably contacted; or
(c) the family member is unable or unwilling to act as a family member for this Act.
obstruct includes hinder, resist and attempt to obstruct.
owns, in relation to a prescribed tissue bank, see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979, section 42A(6).
police document means a document or part of a document prepared, or obtained, by a police officer for a police investigation of an offence that is related to a death being investigated by a coroner.
possess a document includes have control of a document.
prescribed tissue bank means a tissue bank prescribed under the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979.
reasonably believes means believes on reasonable grounds.
record made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 includes a transcription of the record made under that Act.
registrar means a person who holds an appointment as a registrar under section 84.
reportable death see section 8.
residential service see the Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002, section 4.
section 7(4) report means a report given under section 7(4) by a police officer to a coroner.
senior available next of kin see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979, section 4(1).
stillborn child means a stillborn child as defined in the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003.
tissue means—
(a) an organ, blood or part of a body or foetus; or
(b) a substance extracted from an organ, blood or part of a body or foetus.
tissue bank see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979, section 42A(6).