New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 43

43 Ashes

(1) After cremating the body of a dead person, a cremation authority must, in accordance with the reasonable written directions of the person (or with the reasonable directions of the applicant for the cremation):

(a) give the ashes to the applicant, or

(b) dispose of the ashes in a burial ground or in land adjoining the crematory reserved for the burial of ashes, or

(c) otherwise retain or dispose of the ashes.

(2) If ashes are, in accordance with subclause (1), to be given by a cremation authority to the applicant, and the applicant does not take them within a reasonable time, the cremation authority must give 14 days’ notice to the applicant of its intention to dispose of the ashes before it does dispose of them.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.