16Other determinations about death of missing person
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(1)No declaration which may be applied for under section 1 may be made otherwise than under this Act.
(2)Where a court or tribunal makes a declaration that a missing person is presumed to be dead (other than on an application under this Act), subsections (2) to (4) of section 2 apply to the court or tribunal as they apply to the High Court when it makes a declaration under this Act.
(3)Schedule 2 (amendment of provisions about presumption of death) has effect.
(4)Apart from subsections (1) to (3) and Schedule 2, nothing in the preceding provisions of this Act affects any power or duty that a court or tribunal has other than under this Act to determine a question relating to the death of a missing person.