6Meaning of “reportable death”

#### 6 Meaning of “reportable death” 6 Meaning of “reportable death” (cf [Coroners Act 1980](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1980-027), ss 12B(1)(a)–(g) and 13(1)(a)–(c), (e)–(h) and (2)) > > (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person’s death is a reportable death if the death occurs in any of the following circumstances— > > > > > (a) the person died a violent or unnatural death, > > > > > (b) the person died a sudden death the cause of which is unknown, > > > > > (c) the person died under suspicious or unusual circumstances, > > > > > (d) (Repealed) > > > > > (e) the person died in circumstances where the person’s death was not the reasonably expected outcome of a health-related procedure carried out in relation to the person, > > > > > (f) the person died while in or temporarily absent from a declared mental health facility within the meaning of the [Mental Health Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-008) and while the person was a patient at the facility for the purpose of receiving care, treatment or assistance under the [Mental Health Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-008) or the [Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2020-012). > > > (2) (Repealed) > > > (3) In this section— > > > > health-related procedure means a medical, surgical, dental or other health-related procedure (including the administration of an anaesthetic, sedative or other drug), but does not include any procedure of a kind prescribed by the regulations as being an excluded procedure. > > **s 6:** Am 2012 No 24, Sch 1 \[2\]; 2019 No 10, Sch 1.4\[1\]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.5.