New Zealand Legislation: Acts

51 Registrar to be notified when disinterred body disposed of or removed

• (1) A person who disposes of a body that has been disinterred (otherwise than by returning it to the place where it was previously interred) shall, within 5 working days of doing so, notify a Registrar of where and how it was disposed of.

  (2) A person who removes—

  • (a) from New Zealand for disposal outside New Zealand; or

  • (b) for anatomical examination under the Human Tissue Act 2008,—

  a body that has been disinterred shall notify a Registrar of the removal.

  (3) Subject to section 82, a Registrar who is notified under this section shall record as information relating to the death of the person whose body has been disposed of or removed—

  • (a) where the body has been disposed of; or

  • (b) that the body has been removed from New Zealand for disposal outside New Zealand; or

  • (c) that the body has been removed for anatomical examination under the Human Tissue Act 2008.

  Section 51(2)(b): amended, on 1 November 2008, by section 92 of the Human Tissue Act 2008 (2008 No 28).

  Section 51(3)(c): amended, on 1 November 2008, by section 92 of the Human Tissue Act 2008 (2008 No 28).