Burial and Cremation Act 2022
44Multiple burials
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44 Multiple burials (1) Subject to the responsible entity's policy for multiple burials established under section 28(1), the manager of a cemetery may authorise multiple burials at a burial site. (2) In addition to the other requirements for the approval of a burial, the applicant must also provide confirmation of consent for the proposed multiple burial from each decision maker for each deceased person buried at the burial site. (3) A person must not bury human remains from multiple deceased persons in a particular burial site unless the human remains are buried in accordance with the requirements of section 81. (4) If there is an exclusive right of burial for the burial site of a proposed multiple burial, the multiple burial must be in accordance with that right. (5) The regulations may prescribe further requirements for multiple burials in a cemetery.