The Act: Overview Registration of deaths Section 26: Funeral director giving information of particulars of death
100.This section amends the Registration Act so that a funeral director can provide details of a death for registration purposes on behalf of a person who would otherwise have a legal duty to provide them under section 23(1) of the Registration Act. The effect of the amendment is that anyone subject to that duty is absolved from having to comply with it once the funeral director has given a district registrar the required information.
101.This section’s amendment to section 23(1A) of the Registration Act means that a funeral director is to give information about a death in the same way as a person subject to the duty to do so under section 23(1).