Cremation Act 1929

unless a certificate of cause of death has been provided under section 44 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 in relation to the deceased person;

where the deceased person died in a place outside the State, unless a certificate of cause of death has been provided under the law of the place in relation to the deceased person;

where the deceased person has left a written direction that his body is not to be cremated, except where the Chief Health Officer orders the body to be cremated, pursuant to powers conferred upon him under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 or the Public Health Act 2016;

unless he is satisfied that the applicant for the permit is entitled or authorised to make the application;

unless he is satisfied that the fact and cause of death of the deceased person are definitely ascertained;

where the permit is in the first instance refused by him under the provisions of section 8(5), unless and until he receives from a coroner a certificate in the prescribed form authorising him to grant the permit;

where the coroner has signified his intention to investigate the death of the deceased person unless and until the coroner gives a certificate in the prescribed form authorising him to grant the permit;

where the medical practitioner who gives the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) is —

the parent child brother or sister of the deceased person or is the uncle aunt niece or nephew of the deceased person;

in partnership with the medical referee;

the medical referee to whom the application for the permit is made.