Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971

Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to welfare services. Part I (ss.1,2), Part II (ss.3‐12), Part III (ss.13‐21) rep. by 1972 NI 14 Ss.22‐24 rep. by 1972 NI 14 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 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)…. . . . 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.26‐29 rep. by 1972 NI 14 Part V (ss.30 — 35), Part VI (ss.36 — 44) rep. by 1972 NI 14 Ss.45‐47 rep. by 1972 NI 14 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 1972 NI SRO (NI) 1973/211 1972 NI 14; SRO (NI) 1973/211 1972 NI 14 1986 NI 18 S. 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) S. 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)