Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

In summing up, the bill amends the Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984. This is an important measure to prevent the families of those who have died overseas from being unable to register the deaths of their loved ones. The purpose of the amendments is to correct an anomaly which had left some applicants in procedural limbo, unable to register the overseas deaths of family members. These amendments will once more allow the ACT Registrar-General to act as the registrar of deaths abroad. The amendments will also provide the foreign minister with the flexibility to appoint any state or territory registrar as the registrar of deaths abroad.

Overall, this bill seeks to simplify the process for registering overseas deaths, and I commend the bill to the House.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

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