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Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972
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Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, Section 39 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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- Instrument amended by 1995 c. 51 s.4 Sch. para.30
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- art. 56(4C)(4D) substituted by S.I. 2002/3135 Sch. 1 para. 16 (This amendment has not been applied as it has been superceded by the substitution of art. 56 by 2004/311 NI 2 art. 3)
- art. 61-61E and art. 61F and cross-heading substituted for art. 61 by 2008 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 2(2) (This amending provision is itself amended (13.6.2016) before it comes into force by 2016 c. 26 (N.I.), ss. 9, 20(2))
- art. 98(3) added by 2008 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 4(1)
- art. 107(1A) inserted by 2008 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 4(4)(b)
Burial or cremation of the deadN.I.
39.—(1) [F1An authorised HSC trust] may cause to be buried or cremated the body of a deceased person who, immediately before his death, was being provided with accommodation under this Order [F2or the 2009 Act] by [F3the trust] .
(2) [F4The trust] may recover from the estate of such deceased person, or from any person who, for the purposes of this Order, was liable to maintain the deceased person immediately before his death, expenses incurred under paragraph (1),F5. . . .
(3) Where the relatives of any deceased person are not known or are, by reason of their absence, poverty or otherwise, unable to defray all or part of the expenses of burying or cremating that person, [F6the trust] may defray the whole or part of such expenses.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall affect any enactment regulating or authorising the burial, cremation or anatomical examination of the body of a deceased person; and a body shall not be cremated under this Article where [F7the trust] has reason to believe that cremation would be contrary to the wishes of the deceased.
F1Words in art. 39(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(2)(a); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)
F2Words in art. 39(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(17); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F3Words in art. 39(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(2)(b); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)
F4Words in art. 39(2) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(3); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)
F6Words in art. 39(3) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)
F7Words in art. 39(4) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)
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