In a message dated 09/02/2007 23:55:28 GMT Standard Time, doubro@tpg.com.au writes: Firstly, was there a minimum age requirement for a witness/informant on a death certificate. ___________________________________________________________________ The 1874 Act states: "10. When a person dies in a house after the commencement of this Act, it shall be the duty of the nearest relatives of the deceased present at the death, or in attendance during the last illness of the deceased, and in default of such relatives, of every other relative of the deceased dwelling or being in the same sub-district as the deceased, and in default of such relatives, of each person present at the death, and of the occupier of the house in which, to his knowledge, the death took place, and in default of the persons herein-before in this section mentioned, of each inmate of such house, and of the person causing the body of the deceased person to be buried, to give, to the best of his knowledge and belief, to the registrar, within the five days next following the day of such death, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning such death, and in the presence of the registrar to sign the register." There is no mention of a minimum age, but the registrar would obviously need the informant to be credible, and to use his own judgement. Regards Stan Mapstone