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Burial and Cremation Act 2022
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97 Offence to undertake exhumation without consent from decision maker (a) the person intentionally exhumes the human remains of a (b) the human remains are exhumed from a location outside a (c) the human remains are exhumed without one of the following in relation to the human remains and any other human remains buried in the same burial site: (i) consent from the decision maker for the deceased person for the exhumation; (ii) a declaration under section 94(2).