Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 - SECT 12

             (1)  Subject to section 14, where:

                     (a)  an application under subsection 10(1) is made to a registering officer for the registration of the death of a person; and

                     (b)  the registering officer is satisfied that the death may be registered under this Act;

the registering officer shall register that death under this Act.

             (2)  Subject to section 14, where:

                     (a)  an application under subsection 10(2) is made to a registering officer for the registration of the death of a person;

                     (b)  the registering officer is satisfied that the person disappeared as mentioned in paragraph 9(1)(a);

                     (c)  the registering officer is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has died; and

                     (d)  the registering officer is satisfied that the death of the person may be registered under this Act;

the registering officer shall register that death under this Act.

             (3)  Before registering a death, a registering officer may make such inquiries as he or she thinks fit to inform himself or herself of the matters of which he or she is required to be satisfied before registering the death.