In these regulations –

Act means the Cremation Act 1934 ;

application for site approval means an application for approval of a proposed site for the erection of a crematory;

authorised officer means –

(a) the Director; or

(b) a health officer appointed under the Public Health Act 1997 ; or

(c) an authorised officer or a council officer authorised or appointed under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 ; or

(d) the Commissioner of Police or any officer of police nominated by the Commissioner;

building work means building work within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 ;

certificate of burial means a certificate issued under section 32(1) of the Coroners Act 1995 permitting burial, cremation, disposal at sea or other lawful disposal;

confirmatory certificate means a confirmatory certificate issued under regulation 19 ;

coroner means a coroner as defined by the Coroners Act 1995 ;

cremation authority means any person or body maintaining and conducting a crematory;

cremation permit means a permit authorising cremation issued under Division 4 of Part 3 ;

Director means the Director of Public Health appointed under the Public Health Act 1997 ;

exhumation order means an order under section 39 of the Coroners Act 1995 for the exhumation of the body of a deceased person;

investigation means an investigation under the Coroners Act 1995 ;

medical practitioner means a registered medical practitioner;

medical practitioner's certificate means a certificate of a medical practitioner issued under regulation 18 ;

medical referee means a person appointed under regulation 13 ;

post-mortem certificate means a post-mortem certificate issued under regulation 21 ;

proposed site means the proposed site for the erection of a crematory;

register means the register of cremations kept under regulation 29 ;

Schedule fee, in relation to a professional attendance by a medical practitioner, means the fee specified in the general medical services table under the Health Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth;

senior next of kin, in relation to a deceased person, means –

(a) a person who, immediately before the death of the deceased person, was the spouse of that deceased person; or

(b) if there is no spouse of the deceased person or if the spouse is not available, the deceased person's eldest son or eldest daughter of or over 18 years; or

(c) if a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is not available, the deceased person's next eldest son or next eldest daughter of or over 18 years; or

(d) if a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) , or any son or daughter of or over 18 years, is not available, the deceased person's parent; or

(e) if a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) is not available, the deceased person's eldest brother or eldest sister of or over 18 years; or

(f) if a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) is not available, the next eldest brother or next eldest sister of or over 18 years; or

(g) if a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) , or any brother or sister of or over 18 years, is not available, an executor or the personal representative of the deceased person; or

(h) if the person is an Aboriginal person, a person who, according to the customs and tradition of the community or group to which the person belongs, is an appropriate person;

spouse includes a person's de facto partner.