BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 34 Deaths to be registered under this Act

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 34

    (1)     If a person dies in the State, the death must be registered under this Act.

    (2)     If a court directs the registration of a death, the death must be registered under this Act.

    (3)     A death may be registered under this Act if a person dies—

        (a)     in an aircraft during a flight to a point of disembarkation in the State; or

        (b)     on a vessel during a voyage to a point of disembarkation in the State.

    (4)     If a person who is domiciled or ordinarily resident in the State dies outside the Commonwealth, or a person dies outside the Commonwealth leaving property in the State, the death may be registered under this Act.

    (5)     The Registrar may refuse to register a death under subsection (3) or (4) if the death is registered under a corresponding law.

    (6)     If a child is still-born, the child's death is not to be registered under this Part.