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REPLY BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO A QUESTION
FROM DR. THE HON. HARRY FANG, CBE, LLD, JP
IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY,
29 MAY 1985
QUESTION:
WILL GOVERNMENT MAKE A STATEMENT ON PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE CONS REPORT PREPARED IN 1980 AKK O! ON CORONERS' POWERS AND PROCEDURES RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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IN 1979 A WORKING GROUP CHAIRED BY MR. JUSTICE CONS
WAS APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE TO REVIEW THE WORKING OF THE
CORONERS ORDINANCE AND TO MAKE SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENT
TO THE ORDINANCE OR TO PRACTICE AS IT CONSIDERED DESIRABLE.
THE WORKING GROUP REPORTED IN JANUARY 1980 AND MADE
EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS, FIVE OF WHICH REQUIRED LEGISLATION.
THOSE
WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CORONERS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE WHICH WAS
ASSENTED TO BY THE GOVERNOR ON 24 JULY 1980. TWO RECOMMENDATIONS
WERE IMPLEMENTED ADMINISTRATIVELY,
TWO FULL-TIME CORONERS WERE
APPOINTED FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS RECOMMENDED, IN NOVEMBER 1980,
THE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CORONERS' OFFICE BY CROWN COUNSEL
BECAME A REGULAR FEATURE OF INQUESTS IN THE SAME YEAR.
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