31Reopening of interments

31 Reopening of interments

(1)  The Chief Magistrate may authorise the re-opening of the place of interment of a deceased person whose death has been the subject of an investigation under the Coroners Act 1995 .

(2)  If, on the reopening of a place of interment of human remains, an exhumation of the remains is intended, an authorisation under section 30 is required before the exhumation is performed.

(3)  Despite subsections (1) and (2) , a cemetery manager may reopen a place of interment of human remains without an authorisation under subsection (1) if it is not intended to remove any human remains from the interment.