Coroners Regulation 2021 (2021-211) (NSW)

Coroners Regulation 2021

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Coroners Regulation 2021.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Note— This Regulation repeals and replaces the Coroners Regulation 2010, which would otherwise be repealed on 1 September 2021 by the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989, section 10(2).

3 Definition In this Regulation— the Act means the Coroners Act 2009.

Note— The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation.

4 Guidelines about reporting fires and explosions For the purposes of exercising the function specified in the Act, section 10(1)(b), the State Coroner may issue guidelines about the reporting of fires and explosions.

4A Meaning of "specialist disability accommodation"—the Act, s24(3) (1) For the Act, section 24(3), definition of specialist disability accommodation, paragraph (b), premises are prescribed to be specialist disability accommodation if— (a) the premises are residential, and (b) the premises are under the control, direction or management of a registered NDIS provider, within the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 of the Commonwealth, and (c) the registered NDIS provider provides supported independent living at the premises. (2) For the Act, section 24(3), definition of specialist disability accommodation, paragraph (c), nursing homes are prescribed not to be specialist disability accommodation. (3) In this clause— nursing home means a facility at which residential care within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997 of the Commonwealth is provided. supported independent living has the same meaning as in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation Conditions) Rule 2018 of the Commonwealth.