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WELFARE SERVICES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971

WELFARE SERVICES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - LONG TITLE

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to welfare
services.
[16th February 1971]
Part I (ss.1,2), Part II (ss.312), Part III (ss.1321) rep. by 1972
NI14 art.109(3) sch.18

Ss.2224 rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3) sch.18

WELFARE SERVICES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 25
Burial or cremation of the dead.

25.(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 NI14
art.109(3) sch.18

(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],
was liable to maintain the deceased person immediately before his
death, expenses incurred under subsection (1)... less any amount
received by [the district council] by way of death grant in respect
of that death [under section 32 of the Social Security (Northern
Ireland) Act 1975].

(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.

Ss.2629 rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3) sch.18

Ss.4547 rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3) sch.18

WELFARE SERVICES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 48
Short title.

48.(1) This Act may be cited as the Welfare Services Act (Northern
Ireland) 1971.

Subs.(2)(3) rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3) sch.18

Schedules 14 rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3) sch.18