Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person's death is a reportable death only if the death is a death to which subsection (2) and subsection (3) both apply.
(2) A death is a reportable death if—
(a) the death happened in Queensland; or
(b) although the death happened outside Queensland—
(i) the person's body is in Queensland; or
(ii) at the time of death, the person ordinarily lived in Queensland; or
(iii) the person, at the time of death, was on a journey to or from somewhere in Queensland; or
(iv) the death was caused by an event that happened in Queensland.
(3) A death is a reportable death if—
(a) it is not known who the person is; or
(b) the death was a violent or otherwise unnatural death; or
(c) the death happened in suspicious circumstances; or
(d) the death was a health care related death; or
(e) a cause of death certificate has not been issued, and is not likely to be issued, for the person; or
(f) the death was a death in care; or
(g) the death was a death in custody; or
(h) the death happened in the course of or as a result of police operations.
Examples of police operations—
a police motor vehicle pursuit for the purpose of apprehending a person
an evacuation
(4) However, a death that happened outside Queensland is not a reportable death if the death has been reported to a non-Queensland coroner.
(5) For subsection (3)(b), an unnatural death includes the death of a person who dies at any time after receiving an injury that—
(a) caused the death; or
(b) contributed to the death and without which the person would not have died.
Examples—
a person's death resulting from injuries sustained by the person in a motor vehicle accident many months before the death
a person's death from pneumonia suffered after fracturing the person's neck or femur
a person's death caused by a subdural haematoma not resulting from a bleeding disorder