New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 26

26 Application to exhume remains

(1) An application for approval to exhume the remains of the body of a dead person may be made to the Director-General by:

(a) an executor of the estate of the dead person, or

(b) the nearest surviving relative of the dead person, or

(c) if there is no such executor or relative available to make the application-a person who, in the opinion of the Director-General, is a proper person in all the circumstances to make the application.

(2) Such an application is to be made to the Director-General in the approved form and is to be accompanied by:

(a) a certified copy of the death certificate relating to the dead person, and

(b) a statutory declaration as to the relationship of the applicant to the dead person and the dead person’s wishes, if any, regarding the disposal of his or her body (so far as any such wishes are known to the applicant), and

(c) an application fee of $285.