Cremation Act 1969 (ACT)

CREMATION

No. 8 of 1969

An Ordinance to amend the Cremation Ordinance 1966.

1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Cremation Ordinance

1969.*

(2.) The Cremation Ordinance 1966,t as amended by this Ordi­

nance, may be cited as the Cremation Ordinance 1966-1969.

2. Section 7 of the Cremation Ordinance 1966 is amended by

adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:—

" (3.) Notwithstanding the last preceding sub-section, an applica­ tion for the cremation of a body need not be accompanied by the certificates referred to in that sub-section if it is accompanied by either—

(a) a certificate given by a medical practitioner certifying that—

(i) the body is that of a stillborn child;

(ii)   the medical practitioner was in attendance at the birth; and

(iii)   in the opinion of the medical practitioner, there is no reason why the body should not be cremated; or

(b) a certificate given by a medical referee certifying that he is satisfied that the body is that of a stillborn child and that, in his opinion, there is no reason why the body should not be cremated.

" (4.) A medical practitioner or medical referee who has signed a certificate for the purpose of either of the last two preceding sub-sections shall, at the request of a person who appears to the medical practitioner or medical referee to be a relative of the deceased person or to be the undertaker having charge of the arrangements for the cremation of the body, deliver the certificate to that person or undertaker.".

Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at

* Made on 19 June 1969; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 26 June 1969.
t Ordinance No. 10, 1966.