Western Australian Consolidated Acts

INTERPRETATION ACT 1984 - SECT 13C

13C .         When death of a person occurs

                For the purposes of the law of this State, a person dies when there occurs —

            (a)         irreversible cessation of all function of the person’s brain; or

            (b)         irreversible cessation of circulation of blood in the person’s body.

        [Section 13C inserted by No. 29 of 2008 s. 35(3).]