Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a coroner or independent doctor reasonably suspects that the coroner or independent doctor, or the coroner's or independent doctor's spouse, may receive a benefit because of a person's death.
(2) The coroner or independent doctor must not issue a permission to cremate the person's human remains.
Maximum penalty—120 penalty units.
(3) In this section—
benefit—
(a) includes—
(i) a payment under a life insurance policy; and
(ii) property under a will; and
(iii) property under an intestate distribution; but
(b) does not include fees payable for professional services.