87Bodies in holding rooms

#### 87 Bodies in holding rooms 87 Bodies in holding rooms > > (1) A person, other than a funeral director, must not keep a body in a holding room for more than 48 hours. > > > > Maximum penalty—15 penalty units. > > > (2) The Secretary may approve, generally or in a particular case, of a body being kept in a holding room for more than 48 hours, subject to any conditions the Secretary considers appropriate. > > > (3) A person, other than a funeral director, who keeps a body in a holding room and who has reason to believe that not refrigerating the body will be a risk to public health must put the body in the refrigerated body storage facility of the holding room. > > > > Maximum penalty (subsection (3))—15 penalty units.