Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CREMATION ACT 1966 NO 10 (REPEALED) - SECT 10

    (1)     Where the Minister or a magistrate or special magistrate appointed for the purposes of the Magistrates Court Act 1930 is satisfied that there is reasonable cause for so doing, he or she may by notice in writing to a cremation authority prohibit the cremation of the body of the person specified in the order—

        (a)     absolutely; or

        (b)     until the conditions specified in the notice have been complied with.

    (2)     Where a notice referred to in subsection (1) has been given to a cremation authority, the authority shall not cremate the body referred to in the notice unless—

        (a)     the notice is revoked; or

        (b)     the conditions specified in the notice have been complied with.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.