New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 8

8 Vehicles

(1) A funeral director must, for use in connection with the funeral director’s business, provide:

(a) at least 1 hearse, and

(b) at least 1 body-collection vehicle.

(2) Subclause (1) (b) is satisfied if a funeral director causes the bodies that the funeral director conveys to be transported by a mortuary transport service or public vehicle operated by a carrier of freight.

(3) A funeral director or the operator of a mortuary transport service must not use for the transport of bodies the part of a vehicle that is used by the funeral director or service for other purposes.

(4) A funeral director or the operator of a mortuary transport service must not use for any other purpose the part of a vehicle that is used by the funeral director or service for the transport of bodies.

(5) If part of a vehicle has been used to transport a body, a person must not use, or permit the use of, that part for the transport of another body until it has been cleaned of any exudates from the first body.

(6) A person must not dispose of a vehicle that that person has used for the transport of a body unless the vehicle has been cleaned since that use to remove any body exudates.

(7) A person must not transport an unembalmed body unless:

(a) during that transport, the body is refrigerated so that it is exposed continuously to a temperature of less than 10 degrees Celsius, or

(b) the duration of the transport is 8 hours or less and the person has reason to believe that transporting the body without refrigeration will not prejudice public health or amenity.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.