Victorian Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 2005 (NO 42 OF 2005) - SECT 6

After section 156(2) of the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003 insert —

    "(3)     An application for an exhumation licence must also be accompanied by one of the following—

        (a)     a notice under section 37(2) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 ;

        (b)     a certificate in the form prescribed under section 23 of the Coroners Act 1985 ;

        (c)     if the deceased died in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or overseas, a document corresponding to a notice under section 37(2) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 from the jurisdiction where the deceased died;

        (d)     if the licence is for a stillborn child—

              (i)     a notice of still-birth under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 ; or

              (ii)     if the still-birth occurred in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or overseas, a document corresponding to a notice of still-birth under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 from the jurisdiction where the still-birth occurred;

        (e)     a statutory declaration made by the applicant         stating that owing to special circumstances, it is not possible to produce the required documents referred to in paragraph (a), (c) or (d).".