PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 65 Transporting bodies

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 65

65 Transporting bodies

(1) A person must not use, or agree to the use of, a vehicle (other than a hearse or body collection vehicle) for transporting a body that the person has reason to believe is infected with a prescribed infectious disease without informing the owner or driver of the vehicle that the body is so infected.

(2) A funeral director must, before despatching a body by a carrier other than a funeral director or the operator of a mortuary transport service--

(a) if the funeral director has reason to believe the body is infected with a prescribed infectious disease--ensure that the bag or wrapping in which the body is placed is clearly and indelibly marked with the words "PRESCRIBED INFECTIOUS DISEASE--HANDLE WITH CARE", and

(b) enclose the body in a watertight coffin.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.