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CORONERS ACT 2008 (NO. 77 OF 2008) - SECT 12

General obligation to report death

    (1)     A person who has reasonable grounds to believe that a reportable death has not been reported must report it without delay to a coroner or the officer in charge of a police station.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A member of the immediate family of a deceased person may report the death to the coroner if the person was a person discharged from an approved mental health service within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1986 within 3 months immediately before the person's death.



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