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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
38How deaths are registered
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38 How deaths are registered (1) The registrar-general must register a death by making in the register an entry about the death that includes the particulars prescribed by regulation. (2) However, if not all the prescribed particulars are available for the registrar-general, the registrar-general may register the death by including in the entry the prescribed particulars that are available to the registrar-general.