81Keeping of bodies by funeral director

81 Keeping of bodies by funeral director

81 Keeping of bodies by funeral director

A funeral director must keep a body in a refrigerated body storage facility that is in a mortuary or holding room, unless the body is removed—

(a) to another part of the mortuary, for a maximum of 8 hours a day, to prepare the body for burial or cremation, embalm the body or for a viewing of the body by mourners, or

(b) to transport the body for burial, interment or cremation, or

(c) to transport the body to another mortuary.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.