7Definitions

7 Definitions In this Act: Aboriginal community living area means an area granted as an Aboriginal community living area under Part 8 of the Pastoral Land Act 1992, or the corresponding previous legislative provisions. Aboriginal community living area association, see section 7 of the Local Government Act 2019. Aboriginal land, see section 3 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth). affected person, see section 187(2). archives service, see section 4 of the Information Act 2002. burial means the following: (a) natural burial in the ground without a shroud or funerary box; (b) burial in the ground in a shroud; (c) burial in the ground in a funerary box; (d) interment in a structure; (e) any other funerary practice for burial or interment. burial approval, see section 38(1). burial approval form, see section 40(1). burial area means the following areas of land: (a) a cemetery; (b) a burial ground.

Burial and Cremation Act 2022 4 burial fee, for a burial, means a fee charged for the following: (a) use of the burial plot; (b) digging the grave; (c) any other fee for a service required to undertake the burial. burial ground means an area of land declared to be a burial ground by the Minister under section 31(1). burial outside a cemetery, see section 65(2). cemetery means an area of land declared to be a cemetery by the Minister under section 16(1). cemetery plan means a plan required for a cemetery under section 24(1). CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency administering this Act. closed cemetery, see section 106. community cemetery means a class of cemetery declared under section 16(2)(b). council, see section 7 of the Local Government Act 2019. cremation means the process of using fire and heat in a purpose-built furnace to reduce human remains to ashes. culturally sensitive information, in relation to a deceased person, means information identified as culturally sensitive in: (a) a burial approval form; (b) a burial notification; (c) an application for exhumation and relocation of human remains under section 87(1); (d) an exhumation notification; (e) a disposal approval form. decision maker, see section 9. decision notice, for a decision, means a written notice setting out the matters required for a notice of decision under section 34 of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014.

Burial and Cremation Act 2022 5 declared infectious disease means a disease declared by the Chief Health Officer under section 192(1). disposal, in relation to human remains, means disposal by: (a) cremation; or (b) any other process prescribed by regulation. disposal approval, see section 138(1). disposal approval form, see section 139(1). enforcement order: (a) for a cemetery – means an order issued under section 164; or (b) for a facility – means an order issued under section 172. exclusive right of burial means a right mentioned in section 50(1). exhumation approval, see section 87(5). facility means a place or premises, whether fixed or mobile, for cremation or any other process prescribed by regulation for the disposal of human remains. funeral director means a person who carries on the business of arranging for the burial of human remains or the disposal of human funerary box includes a coffin, casket or other container used to keep human remains for burial. grantee, in relation to an exclusive right of burial, means the individual to whom an exclusive right of burial is granted under section 50. human remains means the body, or part of a body, of a deceased person, but does not include a body, or part of a body, that is cremated or undergoes any other process of disposal prescribed by regulation. independent cemetery means a class of cemetery declared under section 16(2)(d). inspector means an inspector appointed under section 149. interest holder, see section 8.