South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations7—Identification of bodily remains to be checked before burial or
cremation
(1) A person must not
inter bodily remains, or cause, suffer or permit the interment of bodily
remains, unless identifying information on all of the following has been
checked and found to correspond:
(a) the
certificate of cause of death or disposal authorisation, as the case may be;
(b) the
certificate of identification;
(c) the
name plate affixed to the coffin or placed on top of the bodily remains, as
the case may be.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) A person must not
cremate bodily remains, or cause, suffer or permit the cremation of bodily
remains, unless identifying information on all of the following has been
checked and found to correspond:
(a) the
cremation permit;
(b) the
certificate of identification;
(c) the
name plate affixed to the coffin.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) A person must,
after checking details as required by subregulation (1) or (2), make
and keep a record of the particulars set out in the certificate of
identification and the fact that the identification of the bodily remains has
been confirmed.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
(4) In this
regulation—
"disposal authorisation" includes an authorisation to dispose of human remains
granted by the Minister or the Registrar under section 12 of the Act.