Public Health Regulation 2022
104Cremation application for dead persons other than stillborn children
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104 Cremation application for dead persons other than stillborn children
104 Cremation application for dead persons other than stillborn children
(1) An application for cremation of the body of a dead person who is not a stillborn child must be made in the approved form to a medical referee or coroner.
(2) The form may require information contained in the form to be supported by a statutory declaration.
(3) The application may be made by—
(a) an executor of the estate of the dead person, or
(b) a nearest surviving relative of the dead person, or
(c) if there is no executor or relative available to make the application—a person who, in the opinion of the medical referee or coroner, is a proper person in all the circumstances to make the application.