22Notifications of death

22 Notifications of death

(1)  If a person reasonably believes that another person has died, he or she is to notify at least one of the following persons of that death as soon as practicable:

(a) a medical practitioner;

(b) a police officer;

(c) a nurse;

(d) a midwife;

(e) an officer of the Ambulance Service within the meaning of the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ;

(f) a prescribed person.

(2)  If a person other than a medical practitioner is notified of a death under subsection (1) , the person so notified is to notify a medical practitioner of that death as soon as is practicable.

(3)  Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to a person if –

(a) the person is required, under either subsection, to give notification of a death; and

(b) the person is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that another person has given notification of the death under that subsection.