Public Health Regulation 2022
108Cremation permits issued by coroner
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108 Cremation permits issued by coroner
108 Cremation permits issued by coroner
(1) A coroner who receives an application for cremation of the body of a person whose death is examinable by the coroner under the Coroners Act 2009 may issue a cremation permit in the approved form.
(2) However, a coroner must not issue a cremation permit for the body of a dead person if—
(a) the proposed cremation would be contrary to a written direction left by the dead person, or
(b) the application for cremation appears to the coroner to be incorrect or incomplete.
(3) A coroner who issues a cremation permit for the body of a dead person must include in the permit any written direction left by the dead person about the particular method of cremation that was or was not to be used.
(4) A cremation permit issued for the body of the dead person by a person who exercises the functions of a coroner in another State or Territory under legislation of the State or Territory that regulates the cremation of bodies is taken to have been issued under this section.