Public Health Regulation 2022
109Cremated remains
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109 Cremated remains
109 Cremated remains
(1) After cremating the body of a dead person, a cremation authority must, in accordance with any reasonable written directions left by the person or any reasonable directions of the applicant for the cremation—
(a) give the cremated remains to the applicant, or
(b) dispose of the cremated remains in a burial ground or in land adjoining the crematory reserved for the burial of cremated remains, or
(c) otherwise keep or dispose of the cremated remains.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(2) If the cremated remains are to be given to the applicant, and the applicant does not take them within a reasonable time, the cremation authority must give 14 days’ notice to the applicant of the cremation authority’s intention to dispose of the cremated remains before disposing of them.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.