58   Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, for or with respect to:

(a)  the conduct of and procedure at inquests and inquiries,

(a1)  the functions of the State Coroner and of the Deputy State Coroner,

(b)  the summoning of jurors for a jury referred to in section 18 (3),

(c)  prescribing any forms to be used under this Act, and

(d)  the allowance to be paid to witnesses attending inquests and inquiries.

(1A)  Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the use of an electronic case management system whose use, in respect of inquests and inquiries, is authorised by an order in force under section 14C of the Electronic Transactions Act 2000, including provisions for or with respect to:

(a)  the kinds of inquests and inquiries in respect of which that system may or must be used, and

(b)  the kinds of documents that may or must be filed in connection with inquests and inquiries by means of that system, and

(c)  the kinds of documents that may or must be issued in connection with inquests and inquiries by means of that system, and

(d)  the practice and procedure to be followed in connection with documents that are filed or issued by means of that system, and

(e)  the persons to whom, the circumstances in which and the conditions on which access may be given to information contained on that system in connection with inquests and inquiries.

(2)  The regulations may impose a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units for any breach thereof.