Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A cemetery trust must make cremated human remains available for collection within 2 working days after the cremation.
(2) A cemetery trust must hold cremated human remains for at least 12 months from the date of cremation unless those remains are released prior to that date to the applicant, the applicant's agent or the nearest surviving relative of the deceased in accordance with regulation 30(2).
(3) If no person entitled to the cremated human remains gives a direction within 12 months of the date of the cremation as to the disposal of the remains, a cemetery trust may dispose of the remains—
(a) in the grounds of a public cemetery for which it is responsible; or
(b) in any other manner that it considers appropriate.
(4) At least 3 months prior to the expiry of the
12 month period referred to in subregulation (3), a cemetery trust
must take reasonable steps to notify the applicant, the applicant's agent, or
if both the applicant and the applicant's agent are deceased, the
nearest surviving relative of the deceased of the trust's intention to dispose
of the remains at the expiry of that 12 month period.