Notifications of death
22 Notifications of death
If a person reasonably believes that another person has died, he or she is to notify at least one of the following persons of that death as soon as practicable:a medical practitioner; a police officer; a nurse; a midwife; an officer of the Ambulance Service within the meaning of the Ambulance Service Act 1982; a prescribed person.
If a person other than a medical practitioner is notified of a death under subsection (1), the person so notified is to notify a medical practitioner of that death as soon as is practicable.
Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to a person if – the person is required, under either subsection, to give notification of a death; and the person is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that another person has given notification of the death under that subsection.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed person
). Made under this Act:
- Burial and Cremation Regulations 2025
- Proclamation under the Burial and Cremation Act 2019 (SR 2019 No. 88) · Statutory Rule · under section 2
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