85Removal of bodies from body bags

85 Removal of bodies from body bags

85 Removal of bodies from body bags

(1) A funeral director may only remove a body from a body bag if—

(a) the funeral director has no reason to believe it is infected with a prescribed infectious disease, and

(b) the removal is for the purposes of—

(i) embalming the body, or

(ii) preparing the body for viewing, transport, burial or cremation, or

(iii) transferring the body to a coffin.

(2) After a funeral director has embalmed or prepared a body, the funeral director must place it in a coffin or new body bag.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) This section does not apply to a body that is the subject of an inquest under the Coroners Act 2009 or a post-mortem examination carried out under the Human Tissue Act 1983.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.