Offences relating to cremation
9 Offences relating to cremation
A person must not dispose of bodily remains by cremation, or cause, suffer or permit bodily remains to be disposed of by cremation, unless the Registrar has issued a cremation permit in respect of the remains.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
A person must not dispose of bodily remains by cremation, or cause, suffer or permit bodily remains to be disposed of by cremation, except at a lawfully established crematorium.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
A person must not dispose of bodily remains by cremation or cause, suffer or permit bodily remains to be disposed of by cremation, if the person knows or is aware that a personal representative or a parent or child of the deceased objects to this method of disposal (unless the deceased directed, by a will or some other attested instrument, that his or her remains be disposed of by cremation).
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
A person must not dispose of bodily remains by cremation, or cause, suffer or permit bodily remains to be disposed of by cremation, in contravention of an order made under section 11.
Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 4 years.
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