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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Deaths - Overseas death certificates

50: Registrar-General may record receipt of overseas death information

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"Registrar-General records overseas death information"

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You can get a death certificate from outside New Zealand. The Registrar-General will record that they got this certificate. They will also record the information on the certificate. The Registrar-General is not responsible for checking if the certificate is real or if the information is correct. They can also record information from other countries about deaths that happened outside New Zealand. Again, they are not responsible for checking if this information is correct. This rule does not change or affect what is said in sections 45 and 48.

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Part 2Registration of information
Deaths: Overseas death certificates

50Registrar-General may record receipt of overseas death information

  1. The Registrar-General must, on receiving an overseas death certificate provided in accordance with section 49, record in the registry—

  2. that the Registrar-General has received a death certificate that was issued outside New Zealand; and
    1. the information contained in the death certificate.

      1. However, the Registrar-General is not responsible for the authenticity of the overseas death certificate or for the accuracy of any information contained in it.

      2. The Registrar-General may also record in the registry that the Registrar-General has received information from an overseas registration authority in respect of a death that occurred outside New Zealand, but is not responsible for the accuracy of the information.

      3. Nothing in this section limits or affects sections 45 and 48.

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