Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 27

27 Deaths that may be registered in Queensland

(1) The death of a person may be registered under this Act if—

(a) the person dies in an aircraft or vessel, or in waters, outside Queensland; and

(b) the person’s body is not, between the time when the person dies and when the person’s body arrives in Queensland, taken to a place outside Queensland.

Example—

A person dies on a ship travelling non-stop from Sydney to Tokyo. The person’s body is taken by helicopter from the ship to a mortuary in Brisbane. The death may be registered in Queensland.

(2) The death of a person outside Australia may be registered under this Act if the person—

(a) ordinarily resided in Queensland; or

(b) died leaving real property in Queensland.

(2A) The death of a person may be registered under this Act if a Queensland court or a coroner finds, or has found—

(a) that the death happened but is, or was, unable to find where the person died; and

(b) the name of the person; and

(c) the date or approximate date of the person’s death.

(3) The death of a person may be registered under this Act if a non-Queensland court or a non-Queensland coroner finds—

(a) that the death happened in Queensland; and

(b) the name of the person; and

(c) the date or approximate date of the person’s death.

(4) The death of a stillborn child born in Queensland before 1 May 1989 may be registered under this Act if, at the same time, the registrar is able to register the birth of the child.

(5) The registrar must not register under this section a death that has been registered in another State or country.

(6) In this section—

"coroner" means a coroner under the Coroners Act 1958 or the Coroners Act 2003 .

"place" does not include an aircraft or vessel.