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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Deaths - Registration of deaths

46: Registrar-General must register death that occurs in New Zealand if notified in accordance with this subpart

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"Registrar-General must record a New Zealand death if told correctly"

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The Registrar-General has to register a death that happens in New Zealand if they are told about it in the right way. You can find the right way to tell them in this part of the law. The Registrar-General can also register a death if they think it is a good idea, even if it was told to them a long time ago, as long as they are sure it has not been registered before. The Registrar-General also has to add any extra information they get about what happens to the body after someone dies to the person's death record, as explained in section 44.

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Part 2Registration of information
Deaths: Registration of deaths

46Registrar-General must register death that occurs in New Zealand if notified in accordance with this subpart

  1. The Registrar-General—

  2. must register a death that occurs in New Zealand if the Registrar-General is notified of the death in accordance with this subpart; and
    1. may, if the Registrar-General considers registration appropriate, register a death that occurs in New Zealand and that has been notified at any time if satisfied the death has not previously been registered.

      1. The Registrar-General must register any additional information notified under section 44 (which relates to the disposal, removal, or taking of disinterred bodies) in the person’s death record.

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