Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (NO. 112 OF 1997) - SECT 34

34. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Registrar-General shall not register a death unless he or she has been given—

        (a)     a notice under section 35;

        (b)     a notice under section 56 of the Coroners Act 1997 ; or

        (c)     a document issued, made or given under the law of a State, the Commonwealth, another Territory or any other place, being a document that the Registrar-General is satisfied is equivalent to a document referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

(2) The Registrar-General shall register a death if he or she is satisfied—

        (a)     that a court of the Territory, a State, the Commonwealth or another Territory has found that a person whose death is not registered in the Register died in the Territory; or

        (b)     that, having regard to the circumstances of the case, it is proper that the death be registered.

Division 2—Notification and registration of deaths