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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

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

44: Person who disposes of, removes, or takes disinterred body must notify Registrar-General

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"Tell the Registrar-General what you did with a disinterred body"

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If you dispose of a disinterred body, you must tell the Registrar-General where and how you did it within 5 working days. You do this if you do not return the body to where it was buried before. If you take the body out of New Zealand, you must tell the Registrar-General as soon as you can. If you take a disinterred body to study it under the Human Tissue Act 2008, you must notify the Registrar-General as soon as you can. You tell them that you took the body for this purpose. This helps the Registrar-General keep track of what happens to the body. You must follow these rules to ensure the Registrar-General has the correct information about the disinterred body.

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

44Person who disposes of, removes, or takes disinterred body must notify Registrar-General

  1. A person who disposes of a disinterred body (otherwise than by returning it to the place where it was previously interred) must, within 5 working days after doing so, notify the Registrar-General of where and how it was disposed of.

  2. A person who removes a disinterred body from New Zealand must, as soon as practicable after removing the body, notify the Registrar-General that the body has been removed from New Zealand.

  3. A person who takes a disinterred body for anatomical examination under the Human Tissue Act 2008 must, as soon as practicable after taking the body, notify the Registrar-General that the body has been taken for that purpose.

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