Cremation Act 1929 (WA)

Western Australia

Cremation Act 1929

Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 27 October 2017

Western Australia

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Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 27 October 2017

Western Australia

Cremation Act 1929

An Act to regulate cremation.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Cremation Act 1929 1.

2.Terms used

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)

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