Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 - SECT 8

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), the following deaths may be registered under this Act:

                     (a)  the deaths of prescribed persons who have died otherwise than in a State or Territory;

                     (b)  the deaths of persons who have died on board Australian aircraft;

                     (c)  the deaths of persons who have died on board Australian ships;

                     (d)  the deaths of persons who have died on board flying craft (other than Australian aircraft) on Australian flights;

                     (e)  the deaths of persons who have died on board ships (other than Australian ships) on Australian voyages;

whether the deaths took place before or after the commencement of this Act.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not authorize the registration under this Act of:

                     (a)  the death of a person whose identity is unknown;

                     (b)  a death that may be registered under the law of a State or of a Territory; or

                     (c)  the death of a person, other than a prescribed person, who died on board a flying craft, other than an Australian aircraft, or a ship, other than an Australian ship, and whose death may be registered under the law of a foreign country or of a part of a foreign country.

             (3)  Subject to paragraph (2)(c), a death may be registered under this Act notwithstanding that the death has been, or may be, registered under the law of a foreign country or of a part of a foreign country.