Burial and Cremation Act 2022
72Offence to undertake burial subject to objection from decision
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72 Offence to undertake burial subject to objection from decision maker or relevant interest holder (a) the decision maker for a deceased person or an interest holder mentioned in section 8(c) or (d) objects to the burial of the deceased person outside a cemetery and the person has knowledge of that circumstance; and (b) the person intentionally buries the human remains of a (c) the human remains are buried at a location outside a (2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(c).