37Exhumation—application

37 Exhumation—application (1) A person may apply to the chief health officer for authorisation to exhume human remains. (a) be in writing; and (b) include anything else prescribed by regulation. (3) The chief health officer must— (4) The chief health officer may refuse to consider the application further if it is not in accordance with subsection (2). (5) The chief health officer may— (a) authorise the exhumation only if satisfied that it would not be contrary to the interests of public health; and (b) impose conditions on the authorisation. (6) If the chief health officer authorises the exhumation, the chief health officer must tell the person, in writing— (a) that the exhumation is authorised; and (b) any conditions applying to the authorisation.

Exhumation Division 3.7 (7) If the chief health officer refuses the application, the chief health officer must tell the person, in writing, the reasons for the refusal.