PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 55 Retention of bodies by a funeral director

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 55

55 Retention of bodies by a funeral director

(1) A funeral director must retain a body--

(a) in a refrigerated body storage facility, and

(b) in a mortuary or a holding room.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(2) However, a funeral director may cause the body to be removed from a refrigerated body storage facility--

(a) to another part of the mortuary, for a maximum of 8 hours a day for the purposes of preparing the body for burial or cremation, embalming the body or viewing of the body by mourners, or

(b) for the purpose of transporting the body for burial, interment or cremation, or

(c) for the purpose of transporting the body to another mortuary.