New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 23

23 Burials in vaults

(1) A person must not place a body in a vault unless:

(a) the body has been embalmed, then hermetically enclosed with material approved by the Director-General without any viewing panel in the enclosure and the body and enclosure placed in a coffin and the lid secured in position, or

(b) the conditions approved in relation to the body under subclause (2) are met.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) The Director-General may, generally or in a particular case, approve other conditions under which a body may be placed in a vault.