36Representative for burial ground

36 Representative for burial ground (1) The representative for a burial ground is: (a) for Aboriginal land – the Land Council for the area on which the burial ground is located; or (b) for all other land – the entity agreed to by each interest holder of the burial ground. Examples for subsection (1)(b) For land that is subject to native title, the registered native title body corporate as defined in section 253 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) or the Land Council for the area on which the burial ground is located. (2) Despite subsection (1), an interest holder of Aboriginal land may nominate another entity to be the representative for the burial ground if the entity mentioned in subsection (1) does not consent to be the representative. (3) An entity mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (2) must: (a) be a body corporate or an individual; and (b) consent to being the representative for the burial ground.

Burial and Cremation Act 2022 23 (4) The representative for a burial ground has the following functions: (a) to be the point of contact with the public for proposed burials and exhumations in the burial ground, if relevant; (b) to consent to burials in the burial ground, if relevant; (c) to receive information about burials and exhumations in the burial ground from the Agency; (d) to provide comments under section 79(1) in relation to the request for information in the register of burials outside a