South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts50A—Documents to be provided before disposal of remains
(1) A person must not
dispose of human remains or cause human remains to be disposed of unless he or
she has received—
(a)
—
(i)
in the case of a still-birth—a doctor's certificate
as to the cause of foetal death given under section 12 or a corresponding
previous enactment;
(ii)
in any other case—a doctor's certificate as to the
cause of death given under section 36 or a corresponding previous enactment;
or
(b) an
authorisation for the disposal of human remains issued under the
Coroners Act 2003 or a corresponding previous enactment.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Despite
subsection (1), a person may dispose of human remains or cause human
remains to be disposed of without the documents required under that subsection
if the person has received an authorisation for disposal of human remains
issued by the Registrar or the Minister.
(3) The Registrar may
not issue an authorisation under subsection (2) unless the deceased's
death has been registered under this Act or a corresponding previous enactment
and the Registrar is satisfied that—
(a) the
particulars entered in the Register record that the deceased died from natural
causes; or
(b) the
State Coroner does not require the human remains for the purposes of an
inquest or for determining whether an inquest is necessary or desirable under
the Coroners Act 2003 .
(4) An authorisation
issued by the Minister under subsection (2) may be subject to such
conditions as the Minister thinks fit.
(5) This section does
not apply in relation to the disposal of human remains by cremation 1 .
Note—
1 See section 6 of the Cremation Act 2000 .