South Australian Current Acts

ADELAIDE CEMETERIES AUTHORITY ACT 2001 - SECT 20

20—Plans of management for Authority cemeteries

        (1)         The Authority must, in accordance with this section—

            (a)         prepare plans of management for each Authority cemetery; and

            (b)         present the plans at public meetings convened by the Authority.

        (2)         Plans of management must be prepared and presented as follows:

            (a)         the first plan must cover a five year period and be prepared and presented within 18 months after the commencement of this section;

            (b)         subsequent plans must cover subsequent five year periods and each plan must be prepared and presented at least six months before it is to take effect.

        (3)         A plan of management for a cemetery must take into account the heritage and historical significance of the cemetery and establish policies relating to the following matters:

            (a)         retention or removal of existing headstones;

            (b)         re-use of burial sites;

            (c)         the scale and character of new memorials or monuments;

            (d)         planting and nurturing of vegetation in the cemetery.

        (4)         In preparing a plan of management for a cemetery, the Authority must consult with the relevant local government council, the administrative unit of the Public Service responsible for State heritage matters and other persons who, in the opinion of the Authority, have a particular interest in the management of the cemetery.

        (5)         The Authority must, at least 30 business days before the date of a public meeting to be convened under this section, in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State, publish a notice—

            (a)         of the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting; and

            (b)         of the place, determined by the Minister, where the plan of management may be inspected, without charge and during normal office hours, during the period of 30 business days immediately prior to the meeting.

        (6)         A plan of management for an Authority cemetery must, if the cemetery is, or includes, a State heritage place (within the meaning of the Development Act 1993 ), be approved by the Minister before it takes effect.

        (7)         The Authority may amend a plan of management at any time during the course of the five year period covered by the plan (and, in that event, the amendment must be presented at public meetings convened by the Authority and subsections (4), (5) and (6) will apply to the amendment process in the same way as to the initial preparation of a plan of management).

        (8)         The Authority must keep a copy of each current plan of management available for inspection by members of the public, without charge and during normal office hours, at a place determined by the Minister.