Information on Registering a Death
The medical certificate of death will be issued by the attending Doctor and is required by the Registrar of Deaths.
The registrar will take the certificate from you and issue you with Certified Copies, a Notification of Death Registration and a Green Certficate. The Green Certificate is required by the funeral director to enable a funeral to proceed.
The registrar will take the certificate from you and issue you with Certified Copies, a Notification of Death Registration and a Green Certficate. The Green Certificate is required by the funeral director to enable a funeral to proceed.
Who can register a death?
If the person died in a house or hospital, the death can be registered by:
- a relative
- someone present at the death
- an occupant of the house
- an official from the hospital
- the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors
Deaths that occurred anywhere else can be registered by:
- a relative
- someone present at the death
- the person who found the body
- the person in charge of the body
- the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors
Most deaths are registered by a relative. The registrar would normally only allow other people if there are no relatives available.
