Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 No. 169, 1984 - SECT 9

9. (1) Where -

   (a)  a person has (whether before or after the commencement of this Act)
        disappeared from -

        (i)    an Australian aircraft while it was in flight;

        (ii)   an Australian ship while it was at sea;

        (iii)  a flying craft (other than an Australian aircraft) while it was
               in
flight on an Australian flight; or

        (iv)   a ship (other than an Australian ship) while it was at sea on
               an
Australian voyage; and

   (b)  a registering officer is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the
        person has died, the person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be
        deemed to have died on board that flying craft or ship.

(2) The regulations -

   (a)  may provide that, for the purposes of this Act, a registering officer
shall not be taken to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person
who has disappeared as mentioned in paragraph (1) (a) has died
unless he is satisfied as to specified matters in relation to the
disappearance of the person; or

   (b)  may prescribe matters that are to be taken into account by a
registering officer when deciding, for the purposes of this Act, whether
he is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person who has so
disappeared has died.