84Establishment of mortuaries and disinfecting stations

1. Any local authority may either separately or jointly with any other local authority or local authorities,—

2. provide, equip, and maintain places for the reception of dead bodies (mortuaries) pending the carrying out of any post-mortem examination or until removal for interment, and provide facilities for carrying out in the mortuaries post-mortems authorised or directed under the Coroners Act 2006 or under any other enactment and for making good for burial dead bodies on which post-mortems of that kind have been carried out:
3. provide, equip, and maintain disinfecting and cleansing stations, plant, equipment, and attendance for the cleansing of persons and for the disinfection of bedding, clothing, or other articles which have been exposed to or are believed to be contaminated with the infection of infectious disease, or which are dirty or verminous:
4. provide vehicles for the conveyance of infected articles and any other accommodation, equipment, or articles required for dealing with any outbreak of infectious disease:
5. provide disinfectants for public use.

6. No building shall be erected or maintained under the foregoing provisions of this section as a mortuary or as a disinfecting or cleansing station unless the plans and specifications and the site thereof have been approved by the Director-General.

Notes

• Section 84(1): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 24 of the Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).
• Section 84(1): amended, on 23 November 1973, by section 3(2) of the Health Amendment Act 1973 (1973 No 111).
• Section 84(1)(a): replaced, on 1 July 2007, by section 146 of the Coroners Act 2006 (2006 No 38).