(1) The Authority shall specify, and publish on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Authority, the requirements for the notification and verification of deaths for the purpose of this Part.
(2) For the purpose of this Part, a death is notified to the Authority when, in a manner that complies with the requirements specified under subsection (1) -
(a) a person authorised to do so by those requirements notifies the Authority of the death, or
(b) the Authority identifies the death in the records of Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora.
(3) A notification of death referred to in subsection (2)(a) shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Part if the Authority takes the steps to verify the death that comply with the requirements specified under subsection (1), and after doing so is unable to verify it.