5. On receiving an application for financial assistance, the Chief Coroner informs the coroner conducting the inquest and provides the coroner with the relevant information to make a recommendation.
If the Chief Coroner has already declared another member of the deceased person’s family eligible for financial assistance for the same inquest, the Chief Coroner informs the applicant, who may provide any information to demonstrate eligibility for financial assistance under the second paragraph of section 3. The recommendation of the coroner conducting the inquest must then cover the existence or absence of divergent, opposed or irreconcilable interests between the applicant and the member of the family who has been declared eligible for financial assistance.
1480-2022O.C. 1480-2022, s. 5.