New Zealand Legislation: Acts

46E Bodies to be disposed of within reasonable time

• (1) A person having charge of a body must, within a reasonable time of taking charge of it,—

  • (a) dispose of it; or

  • (b) cause it to be disposed of; or

  • (c) transfer charge of it to another person for—

    • (i) disposal; or

    • (ii) removal for anatomical examination under the Human Tissue Act 2008; or

    • (iii) removal from New Zealand for disposal outside New Zealand.

  (2) This section is subject to any enactment to the contrary.

  Compare: 1995 No 16 s 39

  Section 46E: inserted, on 24 January 2009, by section 47 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).