New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 25

25 Exhumation without approval prohibited

(1) A person must not exhume the remains of a body unless the exhumation of those remains has been:

(a) ordered by a coroner, or

(b) approved by the Director-General.

(2) Despite subclause (1), a funeral director may, without a coroner’s order or Director-General’s approval, transfer a coffin from a vault in a cemetery to a mortuary for the purpose of the coffin being immediately repaired and returned to the vault.

(3) A funeral director must return the coffin to the cemetery within 24 hours of its transfer pursuant to subclause (2).

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.