Queensland Consolidated Acts

CREMATIONS ACT 2003 - SECT 10

10 Prohibiting cremation

(1) The Attorney-General or a coroner may give the person in charge of a crematorium a written notice prohibiting the cremation of a deceased person’s human remains.

(2) The notice may prohibit the cremation—

(a) absolutely; or

(b) until any stated organs or other tissue have been removed from the remains and stored in the way stated in the notice.

(3) The person in charge must comply with the notice unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (3) —140 penalty units.