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CREMATIONS ACT 2003 - SECT 6
Getting permission to cremate
6 Getting permission to cremate
(1) The following persons may apply for a permission to cremate the human
remains of a deceased person— (a) a close relative of the deceased person,
either personally or through an agent; Example of an agent— a funeral
director
(b) a personal representative of the deceased person, either
personally or through an agent; Note— Under the
Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , a
"personal representative" of a deceased person is the executor or
administrator of the deceased person’s estate.
(c) if no-one mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b) applies for a permission to cremate—another adult,
either personally or through an agent, who has a satisfactory explanation as
to why those persons did not apply and why the adult is applying.
(2) The
application must be made in the approved form.
(3) The way that an
application may be sent to the coroner or independent doctor includes by fax
or other electronic means.
(4) If the application is made to an independent
doctor, the application must be accompanied by— (a) a copy of the cause of
death certificate, and unless subsection (5) applies, a cremation risk
certificate, issued for the deceased person; or
(b) a certificate that— (i)
authorises the release of the body; and
(ii) is given by a person who appears
to the independent doctor, after appropriate inquiry, to be a coroner, or to
hold a position equivalent to a coroner, at the place where the death
happened.
(5) For subsection (4) (a) , the application need not be
accompanied by a cremation risk certificate if— (a) the cause of death
certificate is not a Queensland cause of death certificate; and
(b) a
cremation risk certificate has not been issued for the deceased person.
(6) A
coroner may issue a permission to cremate, in the approved form, only if—
(a) the coroner or another coroner has authorised the release of the body; and
(b) the coroner receives confirmation from the doctor who performed the
autopsy that the doctor is reasonably satisfied the human remains do not pose
a cremation risk.
(7) Human remains pose a
"cremation risk" if the remains contain something that, if cremated, might
expose someone to the risk of death, injury or illness. Example of something
that might expose someone to risk of death, injury or illness— a cardiac
pacemaker or radioactive implant
(8) An independent doctor may issue a
permission to cremate, in the approved form, only if the doctor, after
examining the human remains and making any necessary inquiries, is reasonably
satisfied— (a) the human remains do not pose a cremation risk; and
(b) the
deceased person’s death is not a reportable death under the
Coroners Act 2003 .
Penalty— Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
(9) The way that a permission to cremate may be sent to the applicant, or a
person nominated by the applicant on the application, includes by fax or other
electronic means.
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