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CREMATIONS ACT 2003 - SECT 14
Record keeping—person in charge of crematorium
14 Record keeping—person in charge of crematorium
(1) The person in charge of a crematorium must keep at the crematorium— (a)
a record of particulars, prescribed under a regulation, of each cremation at
the crematorium; and Note— Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 ,
schedule 1 , a
"record" includes information stored or recorded by means of a computer.
(b) if, immediately before the commencement of this section, the person in
charge was required, under the Coroners Act 1958 , section 23F (3) , to keep a
register—the register and the information contained in the register.
Penalty— Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
(2) The person in
charge may combine the record and the register required to be kept under
subsection (1) into 1 document.
(3) The person in charge must keep— (a) if
the permission to cremate was issued by an independent doctor—the
application for permission to cremate, including any documents accompanying
the application; and
(b) the permission to cremate; and
(c) if, immediately
before the commencement of this section, the person in charge was required,
under the Coroners Act 1958 , section 23A (4) , to keep a permission or
certificate—the permission or certificate;
for each cremation at the
crematorium for 15 years after the cremation. Penalty— Maximum
penalty—80 penalty units.
(4) If section 5A applies in relation to a
cremation, the person in charge of a crematorium must keep at the crematorium
a copy of each of the following for 15 years after the cremation— (a) the
permission mentioned in section 5A (2) ;
(b) the certificate mentioned in
section 5A (2) (b) .
Penalty— Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
(5) The chief executive may require the person in charge to produce a document
required to be kept under this section to the chief executive for inspection.
(6) The person in charge must comply with the requirement unless the person in
charge has a reasonable excuse. Penalty— Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units.
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