Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Act 2018
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Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Act 2018
Public Act |
2018 No 60 |
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Date of assent |
20 December 2018 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Act 2018.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Coroners Act 2006 (the principal Act).
4 Section 26 amended (Matters to be taken into account under section 25(3))
After section 26(2)(e), insert:
(ea)
the ethnic origins, social attitudes or customs, or spiritual beliefs of the person who is, or of a person who is suspected to be, the dead person, or of an immediate family member of that person, that customarily require viewing, touching, or remaining with or near the body (for example, the customary requirement that immediate family members be able to view, touch, or remain with or near the body according to tikanga Māori):
Legislative history
19 March 2018 |
Introduction (Bill 33–1) |
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10 April 2018 |
First reading and referral to Māori Affairs Committee |
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10 September 2018 |
Reported from Māori Affairs Committee |
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30 October 2018 |
Second reading |
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11 December 2018 |
Committee of the whole House |
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18 December 2018 |
Third reading |
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20 December 2018 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Versions
Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Act 2018
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