Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2020

A person may apply to the chief health officer for authorisation to exhume human remains.

The application must—

be in writing; and

include anything else prescribed by regulation.

The chief health officer must—

accept the application; or

refuse the application.

The chief health officer may refuse to consider the application further if it is not in accordance with subsection (2).

The chief health officer may—

authorise the exhumation only if satisfied that it would not be contrary to the interests of public health; and

impose conditions on the authorisation.

If the chief health officer authorises the exhumation, the chief health officer must tell the person, in writing—

that the exhumation is authorised; and

any conditions applying to the authorisation.

If the chief health officer refuses the application, the chief health officer must tell the person, in writing, the reasons for the refusal.

For what must be included in a statement of reasons, see the Legislation Act, s 179.