Burial and Cremation Act 2022
76Information about burial outside cemetery
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76 Information about burial outside cemetery (1) The Agency may, in writing, request a person who provided a burial notification for a deceased person to provide the following information to the Agency after the burial: (a) the date of burial; (b) details about how the human remains are buried; (c) the descriptive details of any memorial erected at the place where the human remains are buried; (d) if the GPS coordinates provided in the burial notification are different – the GPS coordinates of the burial site; (e) any other information the Agency considers appropriate. (2) If the GPS coordinates mentioned in subsection (1)(d) cannot be (3) The information regarding a deceased person does not need to be provided to the Agency if the information:
Burial and Cremation Act 2022 48 (4) If the burial site is considered to be culturally sensitive, the person providing the information may give an approximate or general indication of the burial site.