131Application for cremation authorisation

131 Application for cremation authorisation

(1) A person who wishes bodily remains to be cremated in a crematorium at a public cemetery may apply to the cemetery trust responsible for that public cemetery for a cremation authorisation.

(2) An application for a cremation authorisation must be in the prescribed form.

(3) An application for a cremation authorisation must be accompanied by any of the following—

(a) both—

(i) a certificate of a registered medical practitioner authorising cremation in the prescribed form; and

(ii) a notice as required under section 37(2) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996; or

S. 131(3)(b) substituted by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch. 2 item 4.3).

(b) a copy of an order made by a coroner under section 47 of the Coroners Act 2008 releasing the body of the deceased to a specified person; or

(c) if the deceased person died in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or overseas, an authority to cremate under the hand of the Coroner or other person permitted by the law of the jurisdiction where the deceased died to authorise cremation; or

(d) if the cremation authorisation is for a still-born child—

(ii) if the still-birth occurred in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or overseas, a document corresponding to a notice of still-birth under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 from the jurisdiction where the still-birth occurred; or

(e) a cremation approval.