New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 15

15 Removal of bodies from body bags

(1) A funeral director may remove from a body bag a body that the funeral director has no reason to believe is infected with a List A disease or a List B disease for the purpose of:

(a) embalming the body, or

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

(c) transferring the body to a coffin.

(2) A funeral director may remove from a body bag a body that the funeral director has reason to believe is infected with a List A disease for the purpose of:

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

(b) transferring the body to a coffin.

(3) After a funeral director has embalmed or prepared a body, the funeral director must place it in a coffin or in a new body bag approved by the Director-General.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4) A person must not remove from a body bag required under clause 13 (4) a body that the person has reason to believe is infected with a List B disease.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(5) Subclause (4) does not apply to a body that is the subject of an inquest under the Coroners Act 1980 or a post-mortem examination carried out under the Human Tissue Act 1983 .