Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 33

    (1)     This section has effect subject to section 34.

    (2)     If a person dies in the ACT, the death is to be registered under this Act.

    (3)     If a person dies in an aircraft during a flight to an airport in the ACT, the death may be registered under this Act.

    (4)     If—

        (a)     a person who is domiciled or ordinarily resident in the ACT dies outside Australia; or

        (b)     a person dies outside Australia leaving property in the ACT;

the death may be registered under this Act.

    (5)     The registrar-general is not required to register a death under subsection (3) or (4) if the death is registered under a corresponding law.

    (6)     If a child is stillborn, the child's death is not to be registered under this part.