Queensland Consolidated Acts

CREMATIONS ACT 2003 - SECT 9

9 Beneficiaries etc. not to issue permission to cremate

(1) This section applies if a coroner or independent doctor reasonably suspects that the coroner or independent doctor, or the coroner’s or independent doctor’s spouse, may receive a benefit because of a person’s death.

(2) The coroner or independent doctor must not issue a permission to cremate the person’s human remains.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—120 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

"benefit" —

(a) includes—

(i) a payment under a life insurance policy; and

(ii) property under a will; and

(iii) property under an intestate distribution; but

(b) does not include fees payable for professional services.