(1) A designated person may make arrangements for and provide assistance towards the burial of a person, where that person has -

(a) died in the State and suitable arrangements have not otherwise been made for the burial of that person, or

(b)

(i) drowned and whose body has been cast ashore, or

(ii) otherwise perished and been found dead,

in the State and whose body has not been claimed for burial.

(2) A designated person may, in any case in which he or she considers it appropriate, bring into and make arrangements for the burial in the State of the body of a person eligible for supplementary welfare allowance who has died outside the State.

(3) A designated person may defray all expenses necessarily incurred in the burial of the body of a deceased person under this section.