(1) After considering an application for a cremation permit under regulation 50 , and subject to this regulation, a medical practitioner may (a) grant the application; or(b) refuse to grant the application.(2) A medical practitioner must grant an application for a cremation permit, if, after having examined the deceased person to whom the application relates, the medical practitioner is satisfied (a) that a medical certificate has been given in respect of the deceased person; and(b) as to the accuracy of the cause of death stated in that medical certificate; and(c) that the death is not a reportable death; and(d) that any implanted medical device of which the medical practitioner is aware has been removed from the deceased person.(3) A medical practitioner must refuse to grant an application for a cremation permit unless the medical practitioner (a) has examined the deceased person to whom the cremation permit application relates; and(b) is satisfied as to the accuracy of the matters referred to in subregulation (2) .Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.(4) If a medical practitioner refuses, in accordance with subregulation (3) , to grant an application for a cremation permit, the medical practitioner must (a) report the death of the person, to whom the application for the cremation permit relates, to a coroner or a police officer in accordance with section 19 of the Coroners Act 1995 ; and(b) notify the refusal to the senior next of kin referred to in the application for the cremation permit.(5) If a medical practitioner grants an application for a cremation permit in accordance with subregulation (2) , the medical practitioner is to issue a cremation permit to the senior next of kin referred to in the application.(6) A cremation permit is to be in a form approved by the Director of Local Government.