Burial of deceased children
18.-(1) The Director may cause to be buried the body of any deceased child who immediately before his death was in the care of the Director.
(2) Where the Director exercises the powers referred to in subsection (1) he may, if at the time of his death the child had not attained the age of sixteen years, recover from any parent of the child any expenses incurred by him under subsection (1).
(3) Any sums recoverable by the Director under subsection (2) shall, without prejudice to any other method for the recovery thereof, be recoverable as a civil debt.
(4) Nothing in this section shall affect any enactment regulating or authorizing the burial of the body of a the recovery thereof, be recoverable as a civil debt.