Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts
"autopsy" means an autopsy or post mortem under—
(a) the Coroners Act 1958 , the Coroners Act 2003 or the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 ; or
(b) a law of another State or country that corresponds to an Act mentioned in paragraph (a) .
(a) a Queensland cause of death certificate issued by a doctor; or
(b) a certificate stating the cause of death that is issued by a doctor.
(a) a spouse of the deceased person; or
(b) a child of the deceased person who is at least 18 years; or
(c) a parent of the deceased person; or
(d) a brother or sister of the deceased person who is at least 18 years; or
(e) if the deceased person was an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander—a person who is an appropriate person according to the tradition or custom of the community to which the deceased person belonged.
(a) a coroner under the Coroners Act 2003 ; or
(b) if the reference to coroner is made in the context of the Coroners Act 1958 , a coroner under that Act.
(a) states whether the deceased person’s human remains pose a cremation risk; and
(b) is signed by either—(i) the doctor who signed the cause of death certificate; or(ii) if the doctor who signed the cause of death certificate is not available—another doctor.
Note—Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , a
"doctor" is a medical practitioner as defined under that Act.
(a) the cause of death certificate; or
(b) the cremation risk certificate.
(a) either of the following certificates under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1962 —(i) a medical certificate of the cause of death, other than a certificate mentioned in section 31 of that Act; or(ii) a medical certificate of the cause of perinatal death, other than a certificate that section 24 (4) of that Act deems not to be a medical certificate as to the cause of death; or
(b) a cause of death certificate under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 .