AustLII Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

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BURIAL AND CREMATION ACT 2002 - SECT 39

39. Reopening of graves

      (1) A cemetery manager may reopen a grave if it is not intended to remove any human remains.

      (2) The Chief Magistrate may authorise the re-opening of the grave of a deceased person whose death has been the subject of an investigation under the Coroners Act 1995.

      (3) If, on the reopening of a grave, an exhumation is intended, an authority under section 38 is required.



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