IWCNZ-Submissions-on-Scope.pdf [pdf, 366 KB]
...interest involved in the prevention of further loss of life requires a not too limiting interpretation of [the recommendation-making power].”22 This comment was made under the previous legislative framework, the Coroners Act 1988, but given the enduring emphasis on preventing death in the 2006 Coroners Act, the comment remains relevant. It also bears on the correct coronial approach to determining the scope of the inquiry: because the Coroner has a useful public voice, and because...