4AAPrescribed interment services

4AA Prescribed interment services

4AA Prescribed interment services

(1) For the Act, section 24(2)(a), the following interment services are prescribed—

(a) a burial,

(b) a cremation,

(c) an ash interment.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an interment service provided in relation to—

(a) a destitute person, or

(b) an unviable pregnancy, or

(c) a stillborn child, or

(d) a child under 12 years of age.

(3) In this section—

destitute person means a destitute person for the purposes of the policy document entitled “Destitute Persons - Cremation or Burial” published by the Ministry of Health, as in force from time to time.

s 4AA: Ins 2024 (245), Sch 1[2].