4Report of death

4 Report of death

(1)  For the purposes of section 19(1) or (4) of the Act, a report of a death may be made in person or by any available means of communication.

(2)  A person who reports a death as required by section 19(1) or (4) of the Act must, within 48 hours after making that report, provide a coroner or police officer with written confirmation of that report in the prescribed form.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(3)  It is a defence in proceedings for an offence against subrule (2) if the defendant establishes that the report he or she made under section 19(1) or (4) of the Act was in writing and contained all, or a substantial part, of the information required to be included in the prescribed form.

(4)  In this rule of court –

prescribed form means a form determined by the Chief Magistrate.