Regulation 62 Enquiry in default of notification of disposal

The period after the issue of a registrar's certificate for disposal or a coroner's order authorising the disposal of the body on the expiration of which the registrar, if he has not previously received a notification of disposal, is required under section 24(5) of the Act to make such enquiry as is therein mentioned shall be a period of 14 days from the date of the issue of the certificate or order.

Where in response to such an enquiry the registrar is informed that the body of the deceased person to whom the enquiry relates has not been disposed of, he shall, unless he is informed that the body is being held for the purposes of the Anatomy Acts 1832 and 1871 report the matter to the medical officer of health for the district in which the body is lying.

Where after such an enquiry it appears to the registrar that the body has been disposed of and notification of disposal has not been made to him within the time required by law, he shall make immediate application for such notification to the person effecting the disposal of the body, and if the notification is not received within 3 days he shall report the matter to the Registrar General.