Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 - SECT 20

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (4), where the Registrar is satisfied that there is an error or mis - statement in, or an omission from, any particulars entered in the Register, he or she may correct the Register by causing the true particulars, or the particulars omitted from the Register, as the case may be, to be entered in the Register on the page of the Register containing the entry in relation to the death to which the particulars relate.

  (2)   Where the Registrar causes particulars to be entered in the Register under subsection   (1), he or she shall sign his or her name immediately under the particulars and write the date on which those particulars were so entered.

  (3)   Where a person believes that there is an error or mis - statement in, or an omission from, any particulars entered in the Register, he or she may apply, in writing, to the Registrar for the correction in accordance with subsection   (1) of the Register in relation to those particulars, specifying the error, mis - statement or omission that he or she believes exists and the reasons for his or her belief.

  (4)   Where the Registrar intends to exercise his or her powers under subsection   (1) in respect of an entry in relation to a death, otherwise than on the application of the person who applied for the registration of the death, he or she shall, unless he or she is satisfied that it is impracticable to do so, give that person notice, in writing, of his or her intention specifying the particulars that he or she intends to cause to be entered in the Register and, where he or she gives such notice, he or she shall not cause those particulars to be entered in the Register unless and until he or she has considered any objection made by that person, within 14 days after the giving of the notice, to the entry of those particulars.

  (5)   Any failure by the Registrar to comply with the requirements of subsection   (4) shall not be taken to affect the validity of any entry of particulars in the Register under subsection   (1).