Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 - SECT 38

Notification of cause of death by coroner

38. Notification of cause of death by coroner



(1) If a coroner is notified of a death under the Coroners Act 1985, 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".