Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948

Disposal of bodies otherwise than by burial.

47.—(1) The Minister may make regulations in relation to the disposal of human remains otherwise than by burial.

(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, apply any statutory or other enactment, relating to the burial of bodies of deceased persons, to the disposal of such bodies otherwise than by burial and may so apply the enactment either with or without modifications.

(3) A person who contravenes any regulation under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(4) Compliance with regulations under this section shall not of itself render lawful the disposal of the body of a deceased person.