Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A State Coroner is
to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Attorney General.
(2) A person is not
eligible for appointment as State Coroner unless that person is eligible to be
appointed as a magistrate.
(3) The State Coroner
is entitled to the same salary, allowances and reimbursements, leave of
absence and superannuation rights, as the Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates
Court is entitled to in relation to that office.
(4) Subject to
subsection (3), the State Coroner is entitled to hold office on the same
terms as a magistrate.
(5) If a person was a
contributor within the meaning of the
Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 3 immediately before
appointment as State Coroner then that person may continue to be a
contributor, or member, under that Act while holding office as State
Coroner 4 .
(6) The State Coroner
may not practise as an Australian legal practitioner (within the meaning of
that term in the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3) or be
directly or indirectly concerned in such practice.
(7) In the exercise of
that office the State Coroner has the same protection and immunity as a Judge
has in respect of proceedings in the Supreme Court.
(8) The State Coroner
may at any time, by written notice addressed to the Governor, resign from
office.
[Section 6 amended by No. 43 of 2000
s. 36(1); No. 65 of 2003 s. 25; No. 59 of 2004 s. 76;
No. 21 of 2008 s. 652(2).]