New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) Regulation 7(a)(xi) of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the words “usual occupation, profession, or job;”
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(2) Regulation 7(a) of the principal regulations is amended by revoking subparagraph (xii), and substituting the following subparagraphs:
“(xii) relationship status immediately before death:
“(xiia) in respect of each time (if any) that the person entered a civil union, the person's age at the time of the civil union, the place of solemnisation of the civil union, the civil union partner's full name at that time, and the sex and age of the partner when the person died (if still living at that time):
“(xiib) in respect of each time (if any) that the person married, the person's age at the time of the marriage, the place of solemnisation of the marriage, the spouse's full name at that time, and the sex and age of the spouse when the person died (if still living at that time):
“(xiic) in respect of each time (if any) that the person entered a de facto relationship, the partner's full name, and the sex and age of the partner when the person died (if still living at that time):
“(xiid) the sex and age of the person's children when the person died (if still living at that time).”
(3) Regulation 7(a) of the principal regulations is amended by revoking subparagraph (xiv), and substituting the following subparagraph:
“(xiv) the name of the doctor who certified the death and the date on which the person was last attended by the doctor or, as the case requires, the name of the doctor who completed a doctor's certificate in respect of the death:”.
(4) Regulation 7 of the principal regulations is amended by adding, as subclauses (2) and (3), the following subclauses:
“(2) The number of a person's legal relationships for which details must be contained in a death certificate is limited to the 4 most recent relationships before death.
“(3) In subclause (2), legal relationship means a marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship.”