Presumption of Death Act 2013

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary and Background

  3. Territorial Extent and Application

  4. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1: Applying for declaration

    2. Section 2: Making declaration

    3. Section 3: Effect of declaration

    4. Section 4: Other powers of court making declaration

    5. Section 5: Varying and revoking declaration

    6. Section 6: Effect of variation order

    7. Section 7: Other functions of court making variation order

    8. Section 8: Principles

    9. Section 9 Giving notice of application

    10. Section 10 Attorney General

    11. Section 11 Right to intervene

    12. Section 12 Information

    13. Section 13 Insurance against claims: trustees

    14. Section 14 Insurance against claims: insurers paying capital sums

    15. Section 15 Register of Presumed Deaths

    16. Section 16 Other determinations about death of missing person

    17. Section 17 Power to amend periods of time

    18. Section 18 Consequential and supplementary provision

    19. Section 19 Regulations

    20. Section 20 Interpretation

    21. Section 21 Crown

    22. Section 22 Commencement

    23. Section 23 Extent

    24. Schedule 1 Register of Presumed Deaths

      1. Entries in register of presumed death

      2. Amendment and cancellation of entries in the Register

      3. Searches and certified copies (paragraph 3) and Proof of death (paragraph 4)

      4. Correction and annotation of the Register

      5. Fees

    25. Schedule 2

  5. Commencement

  6. Hansard References