39Approved container or wrapping—application

39 Approved container or wrapping—application (1) The chief health officer may, in writing, approve— (a) a container other than a coffin or eco-coffin as suitable for transporting, burying or cremating human remains; or (b) a wrapping other than a shroud as suitable for transporting, burying or cremating human remains. (2) The chief health officer may approve the container or wrapping— (a) at the officer’s own initiative; or (b) on application made under subsection (3). (3) A person may apply to the chief health officer for approval of a container or wrapping for transporting, burying or cremating human (4) The application must be in writing and include anything else prescribed by regulation. (5) The chief health officer must— (6) The chief health officer may refuse to consider the application further if it is not in accordance with subsection (4).

Miscellaneous Division 3.8 (7) The chief health officer may approve a container or wrapping only if satisfied— (a) that transporting, burying or cremating human remains in the container or wrapping is not contrary to public health; and (b) of anything else prescribed by regulation. (8) The approval may be subject to conditions. (9) If the chief health officer refuses the application, the chief health officer must tell the person, in writing, the reasons for the refusal. (10) An approval under subsection (2) (a) is a notifiable instrument.