15Method of registration

15 Method of registration

(1) Where, under this Act, the Registrar is required to register the death of a person, he or she shall do so by completing a certificate in writing, to be known as a Certificate of Death Abroad, containing such of the particulars relating to the person, death or the Registrar that are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection as are known to him or her. (2) A Certificate of Death Abroad is taken not to have been completed by the Registrar unless and until he or she has: (a) signed the certificate; and (b) sealed the certificate, or caused the certificate to be sealed, with the relevant State or Territory seal. (3) Where a death is registered on the application of a person under subsection 10(1) or (2), the Registrar shall make, and give to that person, a copy of the Certificate of Death Abroad relating to the death unless that person has informed him or her that he or she does not require a copy of the certificate. (4) Where the Registrar completes a Certificate of Death Abroad, he or she shall make a copy of the certificate (in addition to any copy required to be made under subsection (3)) and cause that copy to be retained at a place that is appropriate for the keeping of records made by him or her for the purposes of this Act. (5) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations made for the purposes of that subsection may prescribe particulars for inclusion only in specified classes of Certificates of Death Abroad or may prescribe different particulars for inclusion in different classes of Certificates of Death Abroad.