Burial and Cremation Act 2022
46Register of burials
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46 Register of burials (1) The responsible entity for a cemetery must establish and maintain a register of the burials of human remains in the cemetery.
Burial and Cremation Act 2022 29 (2) The register must include the following information regarding each burial in the cemetery: (a) the information mentioned in section 40(1); (b) the date of burial; (c) the plot number, GPS coordinates or other means of locating the burial site; (d) the type of burial; (e) the depth of the human remains below ground level, if applicable; (f) the full name of the person who officiated at the ceremony, if any; (g) the full name of the funeral director or any other person responsible for undertaking the burial; (h) descriptive details of any memorial erected at the burial site; (i) the date of erection of any memorial at the burial site, if known; (j) if the human remains have been exhumed after a burial – the information required by section 91; (k) any other information prescribed by regulation.