South Australian Consolidated Acts

CORONERS ACT 2003 - SCHEDULE

Schedule—Transitional provisions

Part 16—Transitional provisions

25—Transitional provisions

        (1)         A person holding office under the Coroners Act 1975 (the repealed Act ) immediately before the commencement of this Act will, on that commencement, continue in office for the balance of the person's term, subject to this Act.

        (2)         If an inquest held under the repealed Act had not been completed before the commencement of this Act, the proceedings will continue under this Act as if the coroner holding the inquest were the Coroner's Court.

        (3)         This Act applies in relation to a notification of death to a coroner or police officer under the repealed Act (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act and whether or not the death is a reportable death under this Act) as if it were a notification of a reportable death under this Act.

        (4)         This Act applies to a finding of a coroner under the repealed Act as if it were a finding of the Coroner's Court under this Act.

        (5)         This clause must be read in conjunction with section 16 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915 .