New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) No cremation shall be carried out unless application therefor has been made in form A in Schedule 1 to these regulations and the information indicated in that form has been duly furnished and the form has been duly signed.
(2) Subject to subclause (3) of this regulation, the application shall be signed by an executor or a near relative of the deceased person.
(3) The application may be signed by a person other than a person referred to in subclause (2) of this regulation if the crematorium authority is satisfied that that person may reasonably make the application and that sufficient reason is given on the application why it is not signed by an executor or a near relative.
(4) The applicant's signature shall be made or acknowledged by him in the presence of a witness who shall himself sign the application in that capacity. The witness shall add to his signature his place of residence and calling or description.
(5) If it is intended that the cremation shall take place at a crematorium, the application shall be addressed to the crematorium authority, and, if it is intended that the cremation shall take place elsewhere than at a crematorium, the application shall be addressed to the Medical Officer of Health.
