Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

If a person dies in the State, the death must be registered under this Act.

If a court directs the registration of a death, the death must be registered under this Act.

A death may be registered under this Act if a person dies—

in an aircraft during a flight to a point of disembarkation in the State; or

on a vessel during a voyage to a point of disembarkation in the State.

If a person who is domiciled or ordinarily resident in the State dies outside the Commonwealth, or a person dies outside the Commonwealth leaving property in the State, the death may be registered under this Act.

The Registrar may refuse to register a death under subsection (3) or (4) if the death is registered under a corresponding law.

If a child is still-born, the child's death is not to be registered under this Part.