Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
34Circumstances in which deaths are not to be registered
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34 Circumstances in which deaths are not to be registered (1) The registrar-general must not register a death unless the registrar-general has been given— (a) a notice under section 35; or (b) a notice under the Coroners Act 1997, section 56; or (c) a document issued, made or given under the law of a State, the Commonwealth, another Territory or any other place that the registrar-general is satisfied is equivalent to a document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b). (2) However, the registrar-general must register a death if satisfied— (a) that a court of the Territory, a State, the Commonwealth or another Territory has found that a person whose death is not registered in the register died in the ACT; or (b) that, having regard to the circumstances of the case, it is proper that the death be registered.