Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2025
13Information concerning human remains not disposed of within 30 days after death
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 13
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2025.
13 Information concerning human remains not disposed of within 30 days after death
13 Information concerning human remains not disposed of within 30 days after death
(1) For the Act, section 41(3)(c), the following information is required from a funeral director or other person who has custody of human remains that have not been disposed of within 30 days after the date of death—
(a) the date and place of death of the deceased,
(b) the sex, date of birth or age at death and place of birth of the deceased,
(c) the full name and business address of the funeral director or other person who has custody of the remains of the deceased,
(d) the usual occupation of the deceased before death,
(e) whether or not the deceased was a pensioner or was retired immediately before death,
(f) if the deceased was born outside Australia—the period of residence in Australia of the deceased before death,
(g) whether or not the deceased was of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin,
(h) whether, immediately before death, the deceased was married, divorced, widowed, in a registered relationship or an interstate registered relationship, in a de facto relationship or had never married,
(i) if the deceased had married one or more times—
(i) the date of each marriage or age of the deceased at the date of each marriage, and
(ii) the place of each marriage, and
(iii) the full name of each spouse, including, if applicable, the original surname of each spouse,
(j) if the deceased had been in one or more registered relationships or interstate registered relationships—
(i) the date of registration of each relationship or age of the deceased at the date of each registration, and
(ii) the place of each registration, and
(iii) the full name of each partner, including, if applicable, the original surname of each partner,
(k) the full name of any de facto partner of the deceased, including, if applicable, the original surname of each de facto partner,