Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) a person becomes aware of a death that appears to be a reportable death; and
(b) the person does not reasonably believe that someone else has already reported, or is reporting, the death under subsection (2).
(2) The person must immediately report the death to--
(a) if the death is a death in custody--the State Coroner or Deputy State Coroner; or
(b) otherwise--a police officer or coroner.
Maximum penalty--25 penalty units.
(3) A police officer to whom a death is reported under this section must report the death to a coroner in writing.
(4) However, if a death is reported to a police officer because a cause of death certificate has not been issued and is not likely to be issued, the officer need not report the death to a coroner until satisfied that the cause of death certificate is not likely to be issued.
(5) A coroner to whom a death is reported must report the death to the State Coroner in writing.
(6) In this section--
report includes report by email or fax.