Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 32

(1) This section does not apply to--

(a) a school of anatomy when disposing of a human body that was given to it; or

Editor's note--

Note section 41(6) (Registering events in register) requires particular notice to be given about receipt by a school of anatomy of a human body in particular circumstances.

(b) the disposal of parts of a human body taken during a medical procedure or autopsy.

(2) A person who arranges the disposal of a human body must give the registrar notice, in the approved form, within 7 days after the disposal.

Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(3) A person who arranges for the body of a deceased person to be moved outside Queensland must give the registrar notice in the approved form before moving the body outside Queensland.

Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) apply even if a coroner has made--

(a) an order for removal of the body out of the State under the Coroners Act 1958, section 20; or

(b) an order for burial or a certificate for cremation under the Coroners Act 1958, section 23; or

(c) an order releasing the body for burial, or for release of the body to another jurisdiction, under the Coroners Act 2003, section 26.

(5) If the body of a deceased person has not been disposed of within 30 days after--

(a) a cause of death certificate is issued; or

(b) the coroner made--

(i) an order for removal of the body out of the State under the Coroners Act 1958, section 20; or

(ii) an order for burial or a certificate for cremation under the Coroners Act 1958, section 23; or

(iii) an order releasing the body for burial, or for release of the body to another jurisdiction, under the Coroners Act 2003, section 26;

the person who possesses the body must immediately give the registrar notice in the approved form.

Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(6) The registrar may accept a notice under subsection (2), (3) or (5) at any time.

(7) In this section--

coroner means a coroner under the Coroners Act 1958 or the Coroners Act 2003.