Burial and Cremation Act 2022
115Notice of intention to transform cemetery into public park
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115 Notice of intention to transform cemetery into public park entity for the closed cemetery must give 6 months notice of the responsible entity's intention to apply to transform a cemetery into a park by advertising: (a) in a newspaper circulating in Territory; and (b) on the responsible entity's website; and (c) at the cemetery. (2) The responsible entity must take all reasonable steps to notify the following persons of the responsible entity's intention to transform a closed cemetery into a public park: (a) any next of kin of each deceased person buried in the cemetery if the next of kin's contact information is available; (b) any other person who was given approval to bury a deceased person in the cemetery. (3) A notice under subsection (2) must include the following: (a) a plan of the proposed public park, including the timeframe of the proposed transformation; (b) details regarding the public consultation process required to be undertaken by the responsible entity under section 116; (c) information on how to object, under section 118, to the transformation of a closed cemetery into a public park.