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BURIAL AND CREMATION ACT 2013 (NO 20 OF 2013)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1--Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Application of Act
5. Relationship of Act with other laws
6. Human remains to be treated with dignity and respect
PART 2--Disposal of human remains Division 1--Disposal by burial or cremation
7. Offence to dispose of bodily remains except by burial or cremation
8. Offence to dispose of bodily remains except in cemetery or natural burial ground
9. Offences relating to cremation
10. Cremation permits
11. Power of Attorney-General, State Coroner or magistrate to prohibit disposal by cremation Division 2--Documents to be provided before disposal of bodily remains
12. Documents to be provided before disposal of bodily remains Division 3--Opening of interment sites, exhumation and re-interment
13. Offences Division 4--Miscellaneous
14. Prohibition on giving certificate of cause of death in certain circumstances
15. Handling, storage and transport of human remains
16. Authority to inter at particular site
17. Religious and other ceremonies not to be interfered with etc
18. Disposal of unclaimed cremated human remains
PART 3--Cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria Division 1--Establishment of cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria
19. Establishment of cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria
20. Power of councils to establish and manage public mortuaries
21. Establishment of mausolea within cemeteries
22. Designation of natural burial grounds within cemeteries
23. Power to set apart part of cemetery or natural burial ground for particular religions Division 2--Closure and conversion of cemeteries and natural burial grounds
24. Closure of cemeteries and natural burial grounds
25. Dedication of closed council cemeteries as park lands
26. Conversion of closed cemeteries into public parks or gardens
27. Powers of relevant authorities in relation to closed cemeteries
28. Obligations of relevant authorities on closure of cemeteries etc Division 3--Interment rights
29. Interpretation
30. Issue of interment rights
31. Duration of interment rights
32. Renewal of interment rights
33. Transfer of interment rights
34. Surrender of interment rights
35. Exercise or enforcement of interment rights
36. Interment right not required for scattering of cremated remains
37. Register of interment rights
38. Re-use of interment sites Division 4--Memorials
39. Ownership of memorial
40. Duty to maintain memorial
41. Power to require repair, removal or reinstatement of memorial
42. Power of relevant authority to dispose of unclaimed memorial Division 5--Miscellaneous
43. General powers of relevant authority
44. Multicultural needs to be recognised
45. Power to restrict interments in any part of cemetery or natural burial ground
46. Neglected cemeteries and natural burial grounds
47. Right of review
48. Power of councils to accept conveyance of cemetery or natural burial ground land from trustees
49. Power of councils to assume administration of cemeteries and natural burial grounds
50. Public access to cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria
51. Disposal of surplus cemetery land etc
52. Disposal of land after closure of cemetery etc
53. Registers, records and plans to be kept by relevant authorities
PART 4--Miscellaneous
54. Minister responsible for Crown Land Management Act 2009 to facilitate exercise of powers, functions and duties under this Act
55. Exemptions
56. Power of Public Trustee to act on behalf of holder of interment right etc
57. Approvals and authorisations
58. Authorised officers
59. Powers of authorised officers
60. Hindering etc persons engaged in administration of Act
61. False or misleading statement
62. Statutory declarations
63. Self-incrimination
64. Offences by body corporate
65. Service
66. Regulations
SCHEDULE 1--Repeals, related amendments and transitional provisions
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