Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A medical officer of health 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 registered 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.