BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 38 Notification of cause of death by coroner
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 38
Notification of cause of death by coronerS. 38(1) amended by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch. 2 item 3.5).
(1) If a coroner is notified of a death under the Coroners Act 2008 , the principal registrar of the Coroners Court must inform the Registrar as soon as practicable after receiving the notification.
S. 38(2) substituted by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch. 2 item 3.6), amended by No. 48/2018 s. 15.
(2) If a coroner releases a body under the Coroners Act 2008 , makes a determination under section 16(1) or (1A) of that Act, ceases an investigation under section 17 of that Act or makes a finding about the cause of death, the principal registrar of the Coroners Court must give a copy of the release and any other information that the principal registrar is required to provide under the Coroners Act 2008 , 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".