The NT Death Register is administered by the Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Northern Territory Department of the Attorney General and Justice. The Death Registration Statements contains the details prescribed by Regulation, including but not limited to: demographic details such as name at birth, Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander status, sex, occupation, date and place of birth; age at death; date of death; place of death; cause of death; marital status; details of parents; details of children; Coroner details; and funeral director details. The registration of a death requires a death registration statement and either a medical report or coroner's report. Registration details are entered electronically by Births, Deaths and Marriages staff.

The NT Death Register includes any person who has died in Northern Territory. Deaths in utero that occur after 20 weeks gestation or at greater than 400 grams are recorded in the Births Registery. Stillbirths and fetal deaths are not recorded in the Deaths Register. Where there is sign of life at birth, but the neonate subsequently dies, the birth is recorded in the Births Register and the death is recorded in the Deaths Register.

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Administrative. The Northern Territory Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages keep a permanent record of all people who die in the Northern Territory.

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Births, Deaths and Marriages Northern Territory is established under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996