Notification by coroner
37 Notification by coroner
If the State Coroner is notified of a death under the
Coroners Act 2003 or is inquiring into the cause of a death, the State Coroner must, as soon as practicable, notify the
Registrar of that fact.
If the State Coroner authorises the disposal of human remains, or makes a finding about the cause of a death, the State Coroner must give a copy of the disposal authorisation or the finding to the
Registrar.
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.
A certificate by the Registrar, certifying particulars contained in an entry about a death in the Register, issued before an inquest or other 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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