71Regulator may reduce certain time frames in respect of closed cemeteries

71 Regulator may reduce certain time frames in respect of closed cemeteries

(1)  A cemetery manager of a closed cemetery may apply to the regulator to take an action under section 66 or 68 even though fewer than 100 years have passed since the last interment of human remains has taken place in the closed cemetery.

(2)  An application under subsection (1)  –

(a) is to be in an approved form; and

(b) must be accompanied by the relevant prescribed fee.

(3)  After making an application under subsection (1) , the cemetery manager is to –

(a) publish a notice in accordance with subsection (5) in respect of the closed cemetery; and

(b) on the expiry of the period specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (5)(c)(i) , provide a copy of the notice, and any responses to the notice, to the regulator.

(4)  For the avoidance of doubt, information provided to the regulator under subsection (3)(b) is part of the application to which the information relates.

(5)  A notice to be published under subsection (3)(a)  –

(a) is to contain the prescribed information; and

(b) must clearly identify –

(i) the closed cemetery to which it relates; and

(ii) the action under section 66 or 68 that is intended to be taken in respect of the cemetery; and

(c) must –

(i) contain a statement that any lineal descendants of a person interred in the closed cemetery may provide the cemetery manager with a response in respect of the intended action; and

(ii) specify the contact information for the cemetery manager; and