New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 41

41 Medical referee’s permit: still-born children

(1) A medical referee who receives an application made under clause 37 for cremation of the body of a still-born child may issue a cremation permit in the approved form.

(2) However, a medical referee must not issue a cremation permit for the body of a still-born child unless:

(a) the child has been certified to be still-born by a medical practitioner who was in attendance at the delivery of the child, or

(b) the medical referee is satisfied, after such inquiries as the medical referee thinks necessary, that the child was still-born.