Queensland
Subordinate Legislation 2001 No. 203
Coroners Act 1958
CORONERS AMENDMENT RULE (No. 1) 2001
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
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Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Rules amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4
Replacement of s 17 (Allowances payable to a medical practitioner
for making a post-mortem or other examination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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17
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Allowances payable to a doctor for making a post-mortem or other
examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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17A
Transitional—allowances for other reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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17B
Transitional—allowances for other reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Amendment of sch 2 (Allowances to witnesses or interpreters attending
inquests) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Replacement of sch 3 (Allowances payable to medical practitioners) . . . . .
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SCHEDULE 3
ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO DOCTORS
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Omission of sch 4 (Certain allowances payable to government
medical officers)
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Short title
This rule may be cited as the Coroners Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2001.
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Rules amended
This rule amends the Coroners Rules 1959.
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Amendment of s 2 (Definitions)
Section 2, definition “government medical officer”—
omit.
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Replacement of s 17 (Allowances payable to a medical
practitioner for making a post-mortem or other examination)
Section 17—
omit, insert—
‘17 Allowances payable to a doctor for making a post-mortem or
other examination
‘(1) The allowances payable to the following persons for a post-mortem
or other examination are in schedule 3—
(a) a pathologist appointed to the part of Queensland Health known
as Queensland Health Pathology Services;
(b) a health service employee who is entitled to payment for
performing, and who performs, a post-mortem or other
examination outside the employee’s normal duties;
(c) a private doctor.
‘(2) In this section—
“health service employee” means a health service employee under the
Health Services Act 1991.
“private doctor” means a doctor who is not—
(a) a health service employee; or
(b) a public service employee.
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‘17A Transitional—allowances for other reports
‘(1) This section applies if a doctor makes a post-mortem examination
before the commencement of this section, but reports on the examination to
the coroner after the commencement of this section.
‘(2) The allowances payable to the doctor are the allowances payable
immediately before the commencement of this section.
‘17B Transitional—allowances for other reports
‘(1) This section applies if, before the commencement of this section, a
doctor was asked to write a report (other than a post-mortem report), but
gives the report to the coroner after the commencement of this section.
‘(2) The allowances payable to the doctor are in schedule 3.’.
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Amendment of sch 2 (Allowances to witnesses or interpreters
attending inquests)
(1) Schedule 2, section 2(1A) and (1B), ‘government medical officer’—
omit, insert—
‘doctor’.
(2) Schedule 2, section 2(1B)(a) and (c), ‘schedule 4’—
omit, insert—
‘schedule 3’.
(3) Schedule 2, section 3(1)(b) and (c), ‘government medical officer’—
omit, insert—
‘doctor’.
(4) Schedule 2, section 3(1)(c), ‘schedule 4’—
omit, insert—
‘schedule 3’.
(5) Schedule 2, section 6(3) and (4)—
omit.
(6) Schedule 2, section 8(1)(a), ‘, including a health service employee
who is not a medical practitioner’—
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omit.
(7) Schedule 2, section 8—
insert—
‘(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a witness or interpreter who is a
doctor entitled to be paid allowances for making a post-mortem or other
examination under section 17.’.
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Replacement of sch 3 (Allowances payable to medical
practitioners)
Schedule 3—
omit, insert—
‘SCHEDULE 3
‘ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO DOCTORS
section 17 and sch 2, sections 2(1B) and 3(1)(c)
$
1.
2.
Post-mortem examination and report for coroner—
(a) 3 cavity examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) complete post-mortem examination, including
histology examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Examination or other medical work or advice not
otherwise provided for—
(a) for which the doctor has been given less than 24 hours
notice—
first occasion in 24 hour period from 8am—
(A) surgery or visit not longer than 2 hours . . . .
(B) surgery or visit not longer than 2
hours—$199.78 plus, for each hour or part
of an hour after the 2 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) subsequent occasion in the 24 hour
period—each hour or part of an hour . . . . . . . . .
288.11
432.15
(i)
199.78
99.89
99.89
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$
3.
4.
(b) for which the doctor has been given at least 24 hours
notice—for each hour or part of an hour . . . . . . . . . . .
Travelling—for each km or part of a km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Court attendance—
(a) attendance for which the doctor has been given less
than 24 hours notice—
(i)
5.
first attendance not longer than 2 hours—
(A) attendance not longer than 2 hours . . . . . . .
(B) attendance longer than 2 hours—$199.78
plus, for each hour or part of an hour after
the 2 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) subsequent attendance in the 24 hour
period—for each hour or part of an hour. . . . . . .
(b) attendance for which the doctor has been given at
least 24 hours notice—for each hour or part of an
hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report writing, other than a post-mortem report—
(a) report writing for which the doctor has been given
less than 24 hours notice—
82.58
0.545
first report in 24 hour period from 8am—
(A) writing not longer than 2 hours . . . . . . . . . .
(B) writing longer than 2 hours—$199.78 plus,
for each hour or part of an hour after the
2 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) subsequent report in the 24 hour period—for
each hour or part of an hour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) report writing for which the doctor has been given at
least 24 hours notice—for each hour or part of an
hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199.78
99.89
99.89
82.58
(i)
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199.78
99.89
99.89
82.58’.
Omission of sch 4 (Certain allowances payable to government
medical officers)
Schedule 4—
omit.
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ENDNOTES
Made by the Governor in Council on 8 November 2001.
Notified in the gazette on 9 November 2001.
Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . .
The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General.
© State of Queensland 2001