Australian Capital Territory

Coroners Regulations
Subordinate Law No. 28 of 19941

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Coroners Act 1956.
Dated 20 July 1994.
terry connolly
Minister
bill wood
Minister

Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Coroners Regulations.
Commencement
2.  These Regulations commence on 1 August 1994.
Interpretation
3.  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Act” means the Coroners Act 1956.
Application
4.  These Regulations apply in relation to a death that occurs on or after 1 August 1994.
Specified operations and procedures
5.  (1)  An operation or procedure specified for the purposes of this regulation is not an operation or procedure for the purpose of paragraph 11 (1) (e) of the Act if the medical practitioner responsible for carrying it out gives a certificate stating that the death has not occurred as a result of that operation or procedure.
(2)  The following operations or procedures are specified for the purposes of this regulation:
	(a)	the giving of an intravenous injection;
	(b)	the giving of an intramuscular injection;
	(c)	intravenous therapy;
	(d)	the insertion of a line or cannula;
	(e)	artificial ventilation;
	(f)	cardiac resuscitation;
	(g)	urethral catheterisation.
	
NOTE
1.	Notified in the ACT Gazette on 27 July 1994.

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