# Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 1971 c. 2 (N.I.) · enacted 16 February 1971 · revised to 25 March 2022 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to welfare services. ## Introductory text An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to welfare services. [16th February 1971] ## IV GENERAL WELFARE MATTERS Ss.22‐24 rep. by 1972 NI 14 Ss.26‐29 rep. by 1972 NI 14 ## 25 Burial or cremation of the dead. (1) It shall be the duty of every [ district council] …. to cause to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or been found dead in its [ district], where it appears to the [ district council] that suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body have not been, or are not being, made otherwise than by the [ district council]. Subs.(2) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/211; subs.(3) rep. by 1972 NI 14 (4) A [ district council] …. … may recover from the estate of the deceased person, or from any person who, for the purposes of [ the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 1972 NI], was liable to maintain the deceased person immediately before his death, expenses incurred under subsection (1)…. . . . (5) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section 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 section where the [ district council] has reason to believe that cremation would be contrary to the wishes of the deceased. ## Part V (ss.30 — 35), Part VI (ss.36 — 44) rep. by 1972 NI 14 ## VII SUPPLEMENTARY Ss.45‐47 rep. by 1972 NI 14 ## 48 Short title. (1) This Act may be cited as the Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971. Subs.(2)(3) rep. by 1972 NI 14 ## Schedules 1 — 4 rep. by 1972 NI 14 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1971/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-services-act-northern-ireland-1971 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.