Cost of burial or cremation
4 Cost of burial or cremation
All expenses incurred by the chief executive under section 3 (including the expense of conveying the body to a morgue or other place) shall be met by the chief executive, and moneys from the consolidated fund are hereby to the necessary extent appropriated accordingly.
The chief executive on behalf of the State may, by action as for a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, recover from the estate of the deceased person, or from a relative or relatives of the deceased person, the expenses referred to in subsection (1).
However, nothing contained in subsection (2) shall be construed as requiring the chief executive to take steps to recover any such expenses from the estate of any deceased person who was, in the opinion of the chief executive, an indigent person, or from any relative who is, in the opinion of the chief executive, an indigent person.
All moneys recovered by the chief executive under subsection (2), other than any amount for GST payable for a supply made by the chief executive relating to the expenses, shall be paid to the consolidated fund.
In this section—
relative, of a deceased person, means—
for an adult—the person’s spouse; or
for a child—the person’s parents.
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