Cremations Act 2003

section 3

autopsy means an autopsy or post mortem under—

the Coroners Act 1958, the Coroners Act 2003 or the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979; or

a law of another State or country that corresponds to an Act mentioned in paragraph (a).

burial ground includes a place reserved for the burial of ashes remaining after a cremation.

cause of death certificate means—

a Queensland cause of death certificate issued by a doctor; or

a certificate stating the cause of death that is issued by a doctor.

close relative means—

a spouse of the deceased person; or

a child of the deceased person who is at least 18 years; or

a parent of the deceased person; or

a brother or sister of the deceased person who is at least 18 years; or

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.

coroner means—

a coroner under the Coroners Act 2003; or

if the reference to coroner is made in the context of the Coroners Act 1958, a coroner under that Act.

cremation risk see section 6(7).

cremation risk certificate means a certificate in the approved form, or a notation on a copy of the cause of death certificate, that—

states whether the deceased person’s human remains pose a cremation risk; and

is signed by either—

the doctor who signed the cause of death certificate; or

if the doctor who signed the cause of death certificate is not available—another doctor.

de facto partner...

doctor, other than in the term independent doctor, includes a person who, in another State or country, is equivalent to a doctor.

Note—

Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, schedule 1, a doctor is a medical practitioner as defined under that Act.

human remains means the remains after death of a human body, or part of a human body, and includes the body of a stillborn child.

independent doctor means a doctor who did not sign—

the cause of death certificate; or

the cremation risk certificate.

medical procedure means a diagnostic or surgical procedure.

Queensland cause of death certificate means—

either of the following certificates under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1962—

a medical certificate of the cause of death, other than a certificate mentioned in section 31 of that Act; or

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

a cause of death certificate under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023.

spouse...

stillborn child means a stillborn child as defined in the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023.