New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 38

38 Cremation certificate

(1) An attending practitioner may issue a cremation certificate for the body of a dead person:

(a) if the certificate is in the approved form, and

(b) if the practitioner is able to certify definitely the cause of death of the person, and

(c) if the person is not one whose death is examinable under the Coroners Act 1980 by a coroner.

(2) A medical practitioner expert in anatomical pathology may issue a cremation certificate for the body of a dead person:

(a) if the certificate is in the approved form, and

(b) if the practitioner has carried out a post-mortem examination of the body, and

(c) if the person is not one whose death is examinable under the Coroners Act 1980 by a coroner.

(3) A cremation certificate issued for the body of a dead person by a person registered as a medical practitioner in another State or Territory, under legislation of that State or Territory regulating the cremation of bodies, is taken to have been issued under this clause.