Queensland Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2023 - SECT 95

95 Court order relating to registration of death

(1) The District Court, on application by an interested person or on its own initiative, may order the registrar to—

(a) register the death of a person who died in Queensland; or

(b) include or correct information about a person’s death in the register of deaths.

(2) However, a person must not apply for an order under subsection (1) if the person has, under section 124 , applied to QCAT for a review of a decision of the registrar in relation to the same matter.

(3) An order under subsection (1) (a) must state—

(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; and

(d) any other particulars about the death prescribed by regulation.

(4) For subsection (3) (d) , the District Court is only required to state the particulars about the death that are available to the court at the time of making the order.