Coroners Act 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Reporting of Death and Preserving of Records
5. Obligation to report death
Feedback & supportAny person who becomes aware of a death which is, or appears to be, a reportable death must, as soon as reasonably practicable, make a report of the death to a police officer.
reportable death
“reportable death” means any death the circumstances of which are set out in the Second Schedule;
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which is on the accused in a prosecution, contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.
Nothing in this section or section 6 derogates from any other obligation to report a death under any other written law.