Public Health Regulation 2022
91Transporting bodies
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91 Transporting bodies
91 Transporting bodies
(1) A person must not use, or agree to the use of, a vehicle, other than a hearse or body collection vehicle, for transporting a body that the person has reason to believe is infected with a prescribed infectious disease without informing the owner or driver of the vehicle that the body is infected with the prescribed infectious disease.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(2) A funeral director must, before despatching a body by a carrier other than a funeral director or the operator of a mortuary transport service—
(a) if the funeral director has reason to believe the body is infected with a prescribed infectious disease—ensure the bag or wrapping in which the body is placed is clearly and indelibly marked with the words “PRESCRIBED INFECTIOUS DISEASE—HANDLE WITH CARE”, and
(b) enclose the body in a watertight coffin.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.