(1)  A medical officer of health or the Director may order a person to bury or remove a dead person's body to the nearest morgue if –

(a) the person is dead because of any notifiable disease and is lying in a dwelling in which persons live or sleep; or

(b) whatever the cause of death, the body is in such a state as to be dangerous to health.

(2)  Upon the certificate of a medical practitioner of the existence of the facts mentioned in subsection (1) , a justice may make an order as provided by that subsection.

(3)  If a body is not buried or removed as ordered, the relevant council is to cause the body to be buried or removed to a morgue, whichever is the more convenient.