93Notification of exhumation and relocation of human remains

93 Notification of exhumation and relocation of human remains (1) Before an exhumation outside a cemetery occurs, one of the following persons must notify the Agency of the exhumation (an exhumation notification): (a) the person undertaking the exhumation; (b) the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased (c) the deceased person's next of kin; (d) the representative for a burial ground. (2) The exhumation notification must include the following information: (c) the deceased person's full name; (d) the full name and contact details of the decision maker for the (e) if the person providing the exhumation notification is not the person undertaking the exhumation – the full name and contact details of the person undertaking the exhumation; (f) the name of the burial ground or name of the location of the burial site where the deceased person was buried; (g) the date when the deceased person was buried, or an approximate date if the date is not known; (h) GPS coordinates of the burial site; (i) the proposed date of exhumation; (j) the place where the human remains are proposed to be buried, disposed of, or otherwise relocated. (3) The person providing the exhumation notification may include a statement in the exhumation notification informing the Agency that certain information mentioned in subsection (2) is culturally sensitive information.

Burial and Cremation Act 2022 57 (4) If the GPS coordinates mentioned in subsection (2)(h) cannot be (5) In addition to the exhumation notification, the applicant must also provide the documents mentioned in section 94.