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Burial and Cremation Act 2022
16Declaration of cemetery
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16 Declaration of cemetery (1) Subject to section 17, the Minister may, by Gazette notice, declare an area of land to be a cemetery. (2) The notice must classify the cemetery as one of the following classes of cemetery: (a) a public cemetery; (b) a community cemetery; (c) a local cemetery; (d) an independent cemetery. (3) The notice must specify the following details: (c) the location of the cemetery.