(1) It is not lawful for anyone to transport the remains of a deceased person unless such remains—
(a) are throughly washed with an effective disinfectant and all the orifices therof are disinfected and packed with cotton saturate with an effective disinfectant; and
(b) are wrapped in a sheet saturated with an effective disinfectant and placed in an impervious coffin; or
(c) are properly embalmed (arterial and cavity) and placed in an impervious coffin; or
(d) are properly embalmed (arterial and cavity) and encased in a plastic container which has been sealed by heat or by adhesive material before being placed in a non-impervious coffin.
(2) In cases where the deceased at the time of his or her death was suffering from a quarantinable disease which would have rendered him or her liable to isolation in accordance with the provisions of the Quarantine Act or any enactment replacing the same the human remains shall be properly embalmed (arterial and cavity) and placed in an impervious coffin.
(3) The transportation of the remains of a deceased person must be carried out to the satisfaction of the Chief Medical Officer whose certificate to this effect shall appear on the outside of the coffin. (Inserted by S.I. 31/2020)
(4) The remains of a deceased person must not be accompanied by a person or article which has been exposed to infection from a disease, unless certified by the Chief Medical Officer to have been properly treated or disinfected. (Inserted by S.I. 31/2020)
(5) The required documents furnished under regulation 3 must be properly treated and executed. (Inserted by S.I. 31/2020)