New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 35

35 No cremation without documentation

(1) A person must not cremate the remains of a body that has not been identified.

(2) A cremation authority must not cremate the body of a dead person who is not a still-born child unless the authority has in its possession:

(a) an application for cremation under clause 36, and

(b) except where a cremation permit has been issued by a coroner under clause 40-a cremation certificate issued under clause 38, and

(c) a cremation permit issued under clause 39 or 40.

(3) A cremation authority must not cremate a still-born child unless the authority has in its possession:

(a) an application for cremation under clause 37, and

(b) a cremation permit issued under clause 41.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.