Victorian Numbered Acts

CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 61 OF 2009) - SECT 13

After section 9 of the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003 insert —

        " 9A     Conversion order—Class A cemetery trust or Class B cemetery trust

    (1)     On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor in Council, by order published in the Government Gazette, may convert—

        (a)     a Class A cemetery trust to a Class B cemetery trust;

        (b)     a Class B cemetery trust to a Class A cemetery trust.

    (2)     The Minister must not recommend the making of a conversion order unless satisfied that the order is in the public interest having regard to—

        (a)     the objects of this Act;

        (b)     the size or scale of the operations of the cemetery trust;

        (c)     the services provided, or to be provided, by the cemetery trust;

        (d)     the communities served, or to be served, by the cemetery trust;

        (e)     any other matters the Minister considers relevant.

    (3)     A conversion order—

        (a)     may apply to a single cemetery trust or multiple cemetery trusts;

        (b)     may change the name of a cemetery trust;

        (c)     may provide for—

              (i)     the appointment of new members to a cemetery trust;

              (ii)     the removal of members from a cemetery trust;

        (d)     may provide for the transfer of—

              (i)     assets and liabilities (whether contingent or otherwise);

              (ii)     duties and obligations in relation to staff;

              (iii)     duties and obligations under contracts or other arrangements;

              (iv)     records and registers;

        (e)     may make provision for any other matter which, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, is necessary or expedient for the effective operation of the order;

        (f)     may include savings, transitional or consequential provisions to facilitate the operation of the order.

    (4)     A conversion order takes effect—

        (a)     on the date the order is published in the Government Gazette; or

        (b)     if a later date is specified in the order, on that later date.".