14Deaths that must be reported under section 13(2)

1. A death of a kind described in subsection (2) must be reported under section 13(2) if the death occurred in New Zealand or on or from—

2. a New Zealand registered aircraft (as defined in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023); or
3. a New Zealand ship (as defined in section 2(1) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994); or
4. an aircraft or a ship of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 2(1) of the Defence Act 1990).

5. The kinds of deaths referred to in subsection (1) are—

6. a death that appears to have been without known cause, or self-inflicted, unnatural, or violent:
7. a death—
   1. that occurred during, or appears to have been the result of, a medical procedure; and
   2. that was medically unexpected:
8. a death—
   1. that occurred while the person concerned was affected by an anaesthetic; and
   2. that was medically unexpected:
9. the death of a woman that occurred while the woman was giving birth, or that appears to have been a result of the woman being pregnant or giving birth:
10. a death in official custody or care:
11. a death in relation to which there has not been given a certificate of cause of death (as defined in section 2(1) of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964).

12. For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (c), a death is medically unexpected if it would not reasonably have been expected by a health practitioner who—

13. was competent to carry out the procedure, or administer the anaesthetic, in question; and
14. had knowledge of the dead person’s medical condition before the procedure began.