Burial and Cremation Act 2022
103Semi-closed cemetery
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103 Semi-closed cemetery A semi-closed cemetery is a cemetery at which burials are no longer available except in the following circumstances: (a) a multiple burial under section 44; (b) the exercise of an exclusive right of burial under section 54(1)(a) or 55 that was granted before the cemetery was declared a semi-closed cemetery; (c) the exercise of an exclusive right of burial under section 55 for the following situations after the cemetery was declared a semi-closed cemetery: (i) an exclusive right of burial for a burial site is surrendered by a grantee under section 59(1) or not renewed under section 62(2) and a new exclusive right of burial for that burial site is granted under section 50(2); (ii) an exclusive right of burial for a burial site is surrendered by a grantee under section 59(1) and a new exclusive right of burial for a burial site in the cemetery is granted to the grantee under section 50(2); (d) in accordance with section 59(4)(b) if: (i) an exclusive right of burial is surrendered; and (ii) the manager of the cemetery approved a burial in respect of the burial site to which the surrendered right applied;
Burial and Cremation Act 2022 63 (e) in accordance with section 63(b) if: (i) an exclusive right of burial is not renewed; and (ii) the manager of the cemetery approved a burial in respect of the burial site to which the expired right applied.