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CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA ACT 2013
- As at 30 October 2023
- Act 105 of 2013
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Objects of Act
4. Interpretation
5. Relationship of Act and Crown Land Management Act 2016 and other legislation
PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION
Division 1 - Constitution and management of Cemeteries Agency
6. Constitution of Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW
7. Status of Cemeteries Agency
8. Control and management of Cemeteries Agency
9. Ministerial control of Cemeteries Agency
10. Staff of Cemeteries Agency
11. Delegation of functions
Division 2 - Functions of Cemeteries Agency
Subdivision 1 - Principal functions
12. Functions--generally
13. Other functions
Subdivision 2 - Ancillary functions
14. Reserve power to acquire land in the public interest
15. Arrangements with other persons and bodies
Division 3 - The Board
Subdivision 1 - Constitution of Board
16. Board of the Cemeteries Agency
Subdivision 2 - Duties and liabilities of Board members
17. Interpretation
18. Care and diligence--civil obligation only
19. Disclosure of material personal interest--civil obligations
20. Use of position--civil obligations
21. Use of information--civil obligations
Division 4 - Finance
22. The Cemeteries Agency Fund
23. Investment of money in Cemeteries Agency Fund
24. Interment service levies
25. Payment of penalties and fines into the Cemeteries Agency Fund
PART 3 - REGULATION OF INTERMENT INDUSTRY
Division 1 - Preliminary
26. Definitions
27. Cemeteries and Crematoria Register
Division 2 - Codes of practice
28. Codes of practice
29. Nature of codes of practice
30. Approval of codes of practice
Division 3 - Interment industry schemes
31. Regulations relating to establishment of interment industry schemes
32. Consultation to be undertaken on regulations establishing interment industry schemes
Division 4 - Improvement notices
33. Issue of improvement notice by Cemeteries Agency
34. Failure to end contravention--civil obligation
35. Cemeteries Agency may take action to remedy consequences of contravention
Division 5 - Short term orders
36. Making of short term orders
37. Duration of short term orders
38. Compliance with short terms orders--civil obligation
Division 6 - Enforceable undertakings
39. Undertakings relating to contraventions of Act, regulations and interment industry scheme
40. Enforcement of undertakings
Division 7 - Management of cemetery operators
41. Performance reporting by cemetery and crematorium operators--civil obligations
42. Records--civil obligation
43. Reports by cemetery and crematorium operators--civil obligations
PART 4 - INTERMENT RIGHTS
Division 1 - Preliminary
44. Definitions
Division 2 - Interment rights
Subdivision 1 - Preliminary
45. Application of Division
Subdivision 2 - Interment rights generally
46. Nature of interment right
47. Types of interment right
48. Duration of interment right
49. Interment rights may be bequeathed
50. Rules of intestacy to apply to interment rights not bequeathed
51. Interment right to pass to surviving joint holder
52. Revocation of perpetual interment rights
53. Compensation
Subdivision 3 - Renewable interment rights
54. Grant and renewal of renewable interment rights
55. Re-use of interment sites and removal of memorials
Subdivision 4 - Grant and transfer of interment rights generally
56. Grant of interment right
57. Content of interment right
58. Transfer of interment right to person other than a cemetery operator
59. Transfer of interment right to cemetery operator
60. Grant or transfer of interment right may be refused
61. Cemetery operator may determine holder of interment right
62. Interment right not required for scattering of cremated remains
Subdivision 5 - Miscellaneous
63. Register of interment rights, memorials, cremations and interments
64. Keeping of register and documents
65. Certificates for interment rights
66. Exhumations
67. Order for interment
68. Hours of burial
69. Heritage advisory committee
Division 3 - Offence
70. Offence relating to conduct in cemeteries
PART 5 - OPERATION OF CROWN CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA
Division 1 - Preliminary
71. Interpretation
72. Exemption power--Cemeteries Agency
Division 2 - Crown cemetery operators
Subdivision 1 - Appointment of Crown cemetery operators
73. Cemeteries Agency may make recommendations about appointments of operators
74. Special provisions for Crown cemetery operators that are statutory land managers
75. Delegation of functions by Crown cemetery operators
76-80. (Repealed)
Subdivision 2 - Conduct of operator members
80A. Application of Subdivision
81. Interpretation
82. Care and diligence--civil obligation only
83. Use of position--civil obligations
84. Use of information--civil obligations
85. Notification of significant events
86. Codes of conduct
87. Disclosure of material personal interest by members of trust board--civil obligations
88. Invitations for tenders
89. Liability of operator board, members and other persons
Subdivision 3 - Strategic plans
90. Strategic plans
91. Guidelines for strategic plans
92. Amendment, replacement or revocation of strategic plan
Subdivision 4 - Plans of management
93. Preparation of draft plan of management
94. Guidelines for draft plans of management
95. Referral and exhibition of draft plans
96. Adoption of plan of management
97. Alteration or cancellation of plan
98. Plan of management for submerged land
98A. Saving of certain plans of management
Subdivision 5 - Financial management, audits and reports
99. Annual report
100. Nature of report of operations
101. Additional information--civil obligation
102. Inspection etc of Crown cemetery operator
Subdivision 6 - Committees
103. Establishment and functions of committees
104. Membership and procedure of committees
105. Committee guidelines
Subdivision 7 - Miscellaneous
106. Planning, conduct and maintenance
107. Fees and charges
PART 6 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS
Division 1 - Proceedings for offences
108. Nature of proceedings for offences
109. Persons who may commence proceedings
110. Time for commencing proceedings
111. Penalty notices
Division 2 - Civil penalty provisions
112. Definitions
113. When a provision is a civil penalty provision
114. Proceedings for contravention of civil penalty provision
115. Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence
116. Persons involved in contravening a civil penalty provision
117. Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings
118. Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings
119. Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings
120. Recovery of pecuniary penalty
121. Proceedings may be brought by Cemeteries Agency or authorised officer
122. Evidence given in proceedings for pecuniary penalty order not admissible in criminal proceedings
Division 3 - Civil infringement notices
123. Object
124. When an infringement notice can be given
PART 7 - INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT POWERS
Division 1 - Appointment of authorised officers
125. Authorised officers
126. Scope of authority
127. Identification
Division 2 - Powers of authorised officers
128. Interpretation
129. Purposes for which powers under Division may be exercised
130. Power to enter premises
131. Search warrants
132. Powers of authorised officers
133. Power to detain and search vehicles
134. Requirement to provide information and records
135. Requirement to state name and address
136. Provisions relating to requirements to provide documents or information or answer questions
Division 3 - Offences in relation to authorised officers
137. Offence: obstructing authorised officer
138. Offence: impersonating authorised officer
PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS
139. Service of documents
140. Exchange of information
141. Personal liability
142. Regulations
143. (Repealed)
144. Review of Act
145. Investigation and report by IPART
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 5
Schedule 6 (Repealed)
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