Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA ACT 2020 (NO. 7 OF 2020)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
   6.      Object of Act  

   PART 2--RIGHT TO BURIAL OR INTERMENT

   7.      Meaning of death certificate—pt 2  
   8.      Right to burial  
   9.      Right to interment  
   10.     Right to burial and right to interment—transfer  
   11.     Right to burial and right to interment—term  
   12.     Right to burial or interment—notice about end of term and revoking  

   PART 3--BURIAL, CREMATION, INTERMENT OR EXHUMATION

           Division 3.1--Definition

   13.     Meaning of certification document—pt 3  

           Division 3.2--Transporting human remains

   14.     Offence—transporting human remains  

           Division 3.3--Burial

              Subdivision 3.3.1--Burial other than at cemetery

   15.     Burial other than at cemetery—application  
   16.     Offences—burial other than at cemetery  

              Subdivision 3.3.2--Burial at cemetery

   17.     Burial at cemetery—application  
   18.     Offence—burial at cemetery  
   19.     Offence—refusal or interference with burial activities related to religion, cultural group  
   20.     Offence—burial to conceal offence  
   21.     Burial—term  

           Division 3.4--Cremation

   22.     Cremation—application  
   23.     Cremation—2 or more people at same time  
   24.     Minister or magistrate may prohibit cremation  
   25.     Offence—collection of cremated remains  
   26.     Offence—cremation other than at crematorium  
   27.     Offences—cremation at crematorium  
   28.     Offence—refusal or interference with cremation activities related to religion, cultural group  
   29.     Offence—cremation to conceal offence  

           Division 3.5--Interment

   30.     Interment—application  
   31.     Offence—interment  
   32.     Offence—refusal or interference with interment activities related to religion, cultural group  
   33.     Interment—term  

           Division 3.6--Disinterment

   34.     Disinterment—application  
   35.     Disinterment—approval by regulator  
   36.     Offence—disinterment  

           Division 3.7--Exhumation

   37.     Exhumation—application  
   38.     Offences—exhumation  

           Division 3.8--Miscellaneous

   39.     Approved container or wrapping—application  
   40.     Burial or cremation without certification document  
   41.     Medical referee—appointment  
   42.     Offences—doctor's certificate  
   43.     Requirements for transportation, burial or cremation in coffin etc  

   PART 4--OPERATING FACILITY

           Division 4.1--Offences—general

   44.     Offence—damage to facility property  
   45.     Offence—operating facility without licence  
   46.     Offence—operating facility not in accordance with licence  
   47.     Offences—failure to maintain facility  

           Division 4.2--Licence to operate facility

   48.     Meaning of suitable person—div 4.2  
   49.     Licence—application  
   50.     Licence—term  
   51.     Licence—amendment  
   52.     Licence—transfer  
   53.     Licence—surrender  
   54.     Closing facility—application  
   55.     Application—request for information  
   56.     Offences—failure to update information in application  
   57.     Offence—failure to update information  

           Division 4.3--Regulator's register—licence

   58.     Register of licences  

           Division 4.4--Licensee's operating procedures, register and records

              Subdivision 4.4.1--Standard operating procedures

   59.     Standard cemetery operating procedures  
   60.     Standard crematorium operating procedures  
   61.     Standard facility operating procedures  

              Subdivision 4.4.2--Licensee registers

   62.     Register—right to burial and right to interment  
   63.     Register—burial, cremation, interment etc  
   64.     Offences—keeping registers  

              Subdivision 4.4.3--Licensee records

   65.     Facility records—burial, cremation, interment etc  
   66.     Offences—failing to keep records  
   67.     Offences—auditing records  
   68.     Offence—transferring records  

   PART 5--REGULATORY ACTION

           Division 5.1--Disciplinary action

   69.     Definitions—div 5.1  
   70.     Immediate suspension of licence—danger to public health  
   71.     Disciplinary action—no immediate danger to public health  
   72.     Amended or suspended licence—action by regulator  

           Division 5.2--Directions

   73.     Direction to stop contravening Act or condition  
   74.     Offence—direction  

           Division 5.3--Enforceable undertakings

   75.     Enforceable undertaking for offence  
   76.     Enforceable undertaking—withdrawal or amendment  
   77.     Ending enforceable undertaking  
   78.     Undertaking not admission of fault or liability  
   79.     Enforceable undertaking—contravention  
   80.     Enforceable undertaking—effect on other proceedings  
   81.     Enforceable undertakings—register  

   PART 6--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 6.1--Definitions

   82.     Definitions—pt 6  

           Division 6.2--Authorised people

   83.     Authorised person—appointment  
   84.     Identity cards  
   85.     Authorised person must show identity card  
   86.     Power to enter premises  
   87.     Consent to entry  
   88.     General powers on entry to premises  
   89.     Power to seize things  
   90.     Direction to give name and address  
   91.     Offence—fail to comply with direction to give name and address  

           Division 6.3--Search warrants

   92.     Warrants—generally  
   93.     Warrants—application other than in person  
   94.     Warrants—announcement before entry  
   95.     Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc  
   96.     Occupier entitled to be present during search etc  
   97.     Receipt for things seized  
   98.     Moving things to another place  
   99.     Access to things seized  
   100.    Return of things seized  
   101.    Damage etc to be minimised  
   102.    Compensation for exercise of enforcement powers  

   PART 7--PERPETUAL CARE TRUSTS

   103.    Authority perpetual care trust—establishment  
   104.    Licensee perpetual care trust—establishment  
   105.    Determination of trustee  
   106.    Determination of perpetual care trust percentage  
   107.    Perpetual care trust percentage—requesting information and  
   108.    Perpetual care trust—licensee receipt  
   109.    Offence—failure to give perpetual care trust percentage  
   110.    Offence—protection of perpetual care trust  
   111.    Perpetual care trust—records  
   112.    Perpetual care trust—dissolution  

   PART 8--CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA AUTHORITY

   113.    Establishment of authority  
   114.    Functions of authority  
   115.    Approval to operate facility  
   116.    Authority taken to be licensee  
   117.    Establishment of governing board  
   118.    Governing board members  
   119.    Ministerial directions to authority  

   PART 9--REGULATOR

   120.    Regulator—appointment  
   121.    Regulator—functions  
   122.    Delegation  

   PART 10--CODES OF PRACTICE

   123.    Code of practice—approval  
   124.    Failure to comply with code of practice  

   PART 11--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   125.    Definitions—pt 11  
   126.    Reviewable decision notices  
   127.    Applications for review  

   PART 12--MISCELLANEOUS

   128.    Determination of fees  
   129.    Protection from liability  
   130.    Regulation-making power  

   PART 13--REPEALS

   131.    Legislation repealed  

   PART 20--TRANSITIONAL

   200.    Definitions—pt 20  
   201.    Right of burial or interment under repealed Act  
   202.    Application for burial at cemetery under repealed Act  
   203.    Application for burial other than at cemetery under repealed Act  
   204.    Application for cremation under repealed Act  
   205.    Burial or cremation without certification document under repealed  
   206.    Disposal of cremated remains under repealed regulation  
   207.     Application for exhumation under repealed Act  
   208.    Perpetual care trust under repealed Act  
   209.    Accounts and records for perpetual care trusts under repealed Act  
   210.    Register required to be kept under repealed regulation  
   211.     Application records kept under repealed regulation  
   212.     Revoking right of burial or interment under repealed code of  
   213.    Transitional regulations  
   214.     Expiry—pt 20  
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