Civil Registration Act 2004
Place of death.
43.—(1) Where the body of a dead person is found on land and the place in which the death occurred is not known, the death shall be registered by a registrar in the F142[registration area] in which the body is found.
(2) Where the body of a dead person is found in a river, lake or waterway or in the sea or any other area of water, the death shall be registered by a registrar in the F142[registration area] where the body is brought ashore from the area of water in question.
Annotations
Amendments:
F142
Substituted (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 part 26 item 16, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.