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Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
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Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
1971 CHAPTER 2
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to welfare services.
[16th February 1971]
Part I (ss.1,2), Part II (ss.3‐12), Part III (ss.13‐21) rep. by 1972 NI 14
PART IVN.I.GENERAL WELFARE MATTERS
Ss.22‐24 rep. by 1972 NI 14
25Burial or cremation of the dead.N.I.
(1)It shall be the duty of every [F1 district council] ….F2 to cause to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or been found dead in its [F1 district], where it appears to the [F1 district council] that suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body have not been, or are not being, made otherwise than by the [F1 district council].
Subs.(2) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/211; subs.(3) rep. by 1972 NI 14
(4)A [F1 district council] …. …F3 may recover from the estate of the deceased person, or from any person who, for the purposes of [F1 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)…F4F5. . . .
(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 [F1 district council] has reason to believe that cremation would be contrary to the wishes of the deceased.
F1SRO (NI) 1973/211
F2SRO (NI) 1973/211
F31972 NI 14; SRO (NI) 1973/211
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 25(5) excluded (temp.) (25.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(1), Sch. 28 para. 13(4)(b) (with ss. 88-90)
C2S. 25(5) expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 28 para. 13 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)
Ss.26‐29 rep. by 1972 NI 14
Part V (ss.30 — 35), Part VI (ss.36 — 44) rep. by 1972 NI 14PART VIIN.I.SUPPLEMENTARY
Ss.45‐47 rep. by 1972 NI 14
48Short title.N.I.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.
Subs.(2)(3) rep. by 1972 NI 14
N.I.
Schedules 1 — 4 rep. by 1972 NI 14
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