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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1999 - SECT 36

36. Notification by coroner

      (1) If a coroner is notified of a death under the Coroners Act 1995, the coroner must inform the Registrar as soon as practicable after receiving the notification.

      (2) If a coroner authorises the disposal of human remains, or makes a finding about the cause of a death, the coroner must give a copy of the disposal authorisation or the finding to the Registrar.

      (3) The Registrar may register a death even though the death is subject to an inquest or other coronial inquiry and a finding has not been made about the cause of death.

      (4) A death certificate issued before a coronial inquiry into the cause of death is completed must be endorsed with the words: "Incomplete registration – Cause of death subject to coronial inquiry" .



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