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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Deaths - Notification of deaths in New Zealand

38: Deaths in New Zealand must be notified

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"When someone dies in New Zealand, you must tell the Registrar-General."

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You must tell the Registrar-General if someone dies in New Zealand. This rule does not apply if the death is covered by section 19(1) of the Visiting Forces Act 2004. It also does not apply if someone dies on a New Zealand aircraft or ship outside New Zealand.

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Part 2Registration of information
Deaths: Notification of deaths in New Zealand

38Deaths in New Zealand must be notified

  1. A death must be notified to the Registrar-General if it occurs in New Zealand.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply to—

  3. a death to which section 19(1) of the Visiting Forces Act 2004 applies; or
    1. a death on a New Zealand aircraft or New Zealand ship that occurs outside New Zealand.

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