Part IIE+W Control of Disease

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C1Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23 and 39-42) modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8 (2)(3), Sch.2.

Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23 and 39-42) modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch.2

C2Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23, and 39-42): certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch.2

Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23, and 39-42): certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(1)(3), Sch.2

Death of person suffering from notifiable diseaseE+W

43 Person dying in hosptial with notifiable disease. E+W

(1)If—

(a)a person dies in hospital while suffering from a notifiable disease, and

(b)the proper officer of the local authority for the district or a registered medical practitioner certifies that in his opinion it is desirable, in order to prevent the spread of infection, that the body should not be removed from the hospital except for the purpose of being taken direct to a mortuary or being forthwith buried or cremated,

it shall not be lawful for any person to remove the body from the hospital except for such a purpose.

(2)In any such case, when the body is removed for the purpose of burial or cremation from the hospital or any mortuary to which it has been taken, it shall forthwith be taken direct to some place of burial or crematorium and there buried or cremated.

(3)A person who contravenes any provision of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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