Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                                 1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

4............ Application of Act ............................................................................. 4

4A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 4

5............ Registrar of Deaths Abroad ................................................................ 4

6............ Acting Registrar .................................................................................. 5

7............ Register of Deaths Abroad ................................................................. 6

Part II--Registration of deaths                                                                                       7

8............ Deaths registrable under Act .............................................................. 7

9............ Certain disappearances to be taken to be deaths ................................ 7

10.......... Applications for registration .............................................................. 8

11.......... Form of application for registration ................................................... 9

12.......... Registration of death ......................................................................... 10

13.......... Registration of death on basis of knowledge of registering officer ... 11

14.......... Registration prohibited in certain circumstances .............................. 11

15.......... Method of registration ...................................................................... 12

16.......... Entries in Register ............................................................................. 12

Part III--Miscellaneous                                                                                                    14

17.......... Registrar's stamps ............................................................................ 14

18.......... Index ................................................................................................. 14

19.......... Searches and copies .......................................................................... 14

20.......... Correction of errors in Register ........................................................ 16

21.......... Correction of errors in Certificate of Death Abroad ......................... 16

22.......... Cancellation of registration ............................................................... 18

23.......... Evidence ............................................................................................ 19

24.......... Offences ............................................................................................ 20

25.......... Delegation by Minister ..................................................................... 20

26.......... Delegation by Registrar .................................................................... 20

27.......... Review of decisions .......................................................................... 21

28.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 22

Notes                                                                                                                                             23

  

Notes to the Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984

Note 1

The Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 169, 1984 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 28 April 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984	169, 1984	25 Oct 1984	1 Dec 1985 (see Gazette 1985, No. S506)
Civil Aviation Act 1988	63, 1988	15 June 1988	Part III (ss. 17‑32), s. 98, Parts IX and X (ss. 99-103): 1 July 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S189) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 100
Social Security (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991	70, 1991	25 June 1991	(a)	--
Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance--Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1994	184, 1994	23 Dec 1994	1 Jan 1995 (b)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998	45, 1998	17 June 1998	Schedule 13 (item 48): 1 July 1998 (c)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 769-771): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (d)	--
Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	35, 2001	28 Apr 2001	26 May 2001	S. 4
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004	52, 2004	27 Apr 2004	Schedule 3 (items 33, 34): 1 July 2004 ( see s. 2)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 436-439): 4 July 2008	--

(a)        2.   This Act commences immediately after the Social Security Act 1991 commences.

         The Social Security Act 1991 came into operation on 1 July 1991.

(b)        2.   This Act commences on 1 January 1995 immediately after the commencement of the Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance) Amendment Act 1994.

(c)     The Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984 was amended by Schedule 13 (item 48) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) to (10), this Act commences on 1 July 1998.

(d)     The Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 769-771) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3......................................	am. No. 63, 1988; No. 70, 1991; No. 184, 1994; No. 45, 1998; No. 52, 2004
S. 4A...................................	ad. No. 35, 2001
Ss. 5, 6................................	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 73, 2008
Part II
S. 9......................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 12....................................	am. No. 73, 2008
Ss. 14-16............................	am. No. 73, 2008
Part III
S. 17....................................	am. No. 73, 2008
Ss. 19-22............................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 24....................................	am. No. 35, 2001
S. 25....................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 26....................................	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 73, 2008

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 35, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.