Cremation Act 1929

In this Act, subject to the context —

administration includes probate of the will and letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person;

administrator includes executor and any person who, by law or practice, has the best right to apply for administration, and any person having the lawful custody of the body of a deceased person;

Board has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the Cemeteries Act 1986;

body, dead human body or human body means the body of a deceased person and includes the body of an infant of not less than 7 months gestation that was still‑born;

cemetery means land declared by the Governor to be a cemetery, under the Cemeteries Act 1986 and so far as the context allows, includes a disused burial ground and a closed cemetery;

Chief Health Officer has the meaning given in the Public Health Act 2016 section 4(1);

coroner means a coroner within the meaning of the Coroners Act 1996 or within the meaning of any other law of another State or Territory;

crematorium means any building, place, or premises designed for the purpose of the cremation of dead human bodies;

licensed means licensed under this Act; and

licensees means the holders of a licence under this Act;

medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession.

[Section 2 amended: No. 80 of 1953 s. 3; No. 2 of 1968 s. 2; No. 28 of 1984 s. 11; No. 103 of 1986 s. 2; No. 2 of 1996 s. 61; No. 22 of 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 13; No. 35 of 2010 s. 52; No. 19 of 2016 s. 122.]