Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person's death is a reportable death only if the death is a death to which subsection (2) and subsection (3) both apply.
(2) A death is a reportable death if--
(a) the death happened in Queensland; or
(b) although the death happened outside Queensland--
(i) the person's body is in Queensland; or
(ii) at the time of death, the person ordinarily lived in Queensland; or
(iii) the person, at the time of death, was on a journey to or from somewhere in Queensland; or
(iv) the death was caused by an event that happened in Queensland.
(3) A death is a reportable death if--
(a) it is not known who the person is; or
(b) the death was a violent or otherwise unnatural death; or
(c) the death happened in suspicious circumstances; or
(d) the death was not reasonably expected to be the outcome of a health procedure; or
(e) a cause of death certificate has not been issued, and is not likely to be issued, for the person; or
(f) the death was a death in care; or
(g) the death was a death in custody.
(4) However, a death that happened outside Queensland is not a reportable death if the death has been reported to a non-Queensland coroner.